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.

The iPhone 4S introduced a new automated voice control system called Siri , that allows the user to give the iPhone commands , which it can execute and respond to .
The iPhone 4S introduced a new automated voice control system called " Siri " .

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

The Kuomintang ( KMT ) party in China launched a unification campaign against regional warlords and nominally unified China in the mid-1920s , but was soon embroiled in a civil war against its former Chinese Communist Party allies and new regional warlords .

After the Kuomintang ( KMT ) , the governing party of China , unified the country in the 1920s , the civil war between it and its past ally Communist Party of China began .