Original sentence: The National Electoral Council () (CNE) is one of the five branches of government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela that was designed to be independent.The creation of the CNE was ratified in Venezuela's 1999 constitutional referendum
Edited sentence: The National Electoral Council () (CNE) is one of the five branches of government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela that is designed to be independent.The creation of the CNE was ratified by citizens in Venezuela's 1999 constitutional referendum.Today, the CNE is considered nationally and internationally as a major ally of the increasingly authoritarian Maduro regime