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  The Seventeenth Amendment is the United States Constitution established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states
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  is a process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot
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  the device by which voters may remove public officials from office, also originates with the people.Remove public officials.
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  Referendum is a direct vote of the people whether to approve or repeal a law enacted by the state legislature.
