In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
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Question: The 2016 United States presidential election in Maine was held on November 8 , 2016 , as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated .

Answer: The 2016 United States presidential election in Maine was held on 8 November 2016 .


Question: The earliest clear statement of how chromosomes may spread in a population not because of their positive fitness effects on the individual organism , but because of their own " parasitic " nature came from the Swedish botanist and cytogeneticist Gunnar O ̈ stergren in 1945 .

Answer: The Swedish botanist and cytogeneticist Gunnar O ̈ stergren in 1945 noted how chromosomes may spread in a population because of their own ” parasitic ” nature .


Question: In photography and cinematography , multiple exposure is a technique in which the camera shutter is opened more than once to expose the film multiple times , usually to different images .

Answer:
In photography , a multiple exposure is when a single frame of film is taken more than once .