They have adopted and ratified the same twice by a direct vote, and also indirectly through two elections of State officers and members of the State legislature.
One is by direct vote--the mode adopted by Rhode Island in 1788, when she rejected the Constitution.
In Rhode Island the proposed Constitution was at first submitted to a direct vote of the people, who rejected it by an overwhelming majority.
It was summarily disposed of, without the responsibility of a direct vote.
Since the development of direct nominations, there has been a strong movement towards the abolition of the Electoral College and the election of the President by direct vote.
Its election from small districts, by direct vote, every two years is a guarantee of its popular character.
But they had not been able to obtain a direct vote; nor was there any exclusion of Rebels in their propositions.
For an election of President and Vice-President by a direct vote of the people, instead of through the agency of electors, and making them ineligible for reelection to a second term.
Although this proposition was refused by a direct vote of the Convention, the object was afterwards in effect obtained by its ingenious advocates through a strained construction of the Constitution.
Campbell, who had refused to vote because he insisted upon the Oregon plan of electing United States Senators by direct vote of The People, insisted that the provision be incorporated into the bill.
The People of California were not to be given a direct vote in the selection of United States Senators, as are The People of Oregon.
A constitutional amendment should be adopted providing that United States senators be elected by direct vote of the people.
Should the president and the Senate of the United States be elected by a direct vote of the people?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "direct vote" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
