The phrase "a direct vote for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of voting specifically for a candidate or option in an election or decision-making process.
Example: "In this election, a direct vote for the candidate will ensure that your voice is heard clearly."
Alternatives: "a straightforward vote for" or "an explicit vote for".
A month ago, they suggested that in a direct vote for chancellor (which the electorate does not have, because parliament chooses him after the general election) he would be only three percentage points behind Mr Schröder.
Or the part where ordinary citizens do not actually get a direct vote for their senator.
"He has been legitimized with a direct vote for what is on paper the biggest party in Italian politics.
The justices said voting above the line was a direct vote for individual candidates consistent with the constitution, not a vote for the political parties whose logos were printed on the ballot, as Day had argued.
Though the election here is for state Parliament and not a direct vote for a governor, a poll last month showed her beating her main rival, the Christian Democrats' leading candidate, Norbert Röttgen, by a margin of nearly two to one.
Because you are not casting a direct vote for President; the electors are.
The proposed reforms would allow a direct vote in 2017 for Hong Kong's leader — known as the chief executive — but all candidates for the post would be pre-screened and approved by a pro-Beijing nominating committee.
The student-led protest movement began in late September after China proposed electoral reforms that would allow a direct vote in 2017 for Hong Kong's leader — known as the chief executive — on the condition that all candidates for the post would be pre-screened and approved by a pro-Beijing nominating committee.
As for the Democrats, they lost the chance, at least for the time being, for a direct vote on one of their signal issues, the bill to ban donations of unlimited, unregulated soft money to the national political parties.
Sometimes the term is also used for electing representatives in a direct vote as opposed to indirect elections (by voting for an electing body, electoral college, etc).
The elections, the first direct vote for president here, signal the end of an era, that of the two Vaclavs — Havel and Klaus — who have dominated Czech politics for the past two decades.
