On Tuesday 05 August 2008 15:25:47 Bob Rogers wrote: > On Tuesday 05 August 2008 12:01:29 Larry Wall wrote: > > I believe "veto" is giving the wrong idea here as something that > > happens after the fact. What's the term for only allowing > > "acceptable" candidates to put their names on the ballot? > > "disenfranchise" > > In the context of balloting, that applies to voters; the equivalent word > for candidates is "qualify" (or "disqualify").
My state has closed primaries; same effect. -- c
