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Initiative
A process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot. -
Referendum
A direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal. -
Recall
A procedure by which, in certain polities, voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before that official's term has ended. -
16th amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
