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[Star Wars] Why did Queen Padmés vote of no-confidence matter?

I’ve just watched all the Star Wars films for the first time, and one of the many things which left me a bit confused was this.

If I’m correct she wasn’t a member of the Senate at the time but she was able to put Forward that motion.  What was so special about her or Naboo that allowed her to do so?

I’m probably just nit-picking or skipped a couple lessons on galactic politics
Thanks for any help/information!
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Two potential explanations that have been floating around:

1) she requested the vote, but had no binding authority to actually demand it

2) senators (as they seem to be appointed by the planetary leaders rather than elected themselves) are more or less a proxy for the current leader and as such, the current Queen could act as a legitimate representative for Naboo.