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Re:A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate, and ... by rhizome on Friday February 28, 2020 @08:39PM (#22448086)
>why don’t they open this to everyone and people can apply with their official ID?!

Probably has something to do with there being no apparent rhyme nor reason behind their verification process nor criteria. This says to me that they simply don't know what they're doing (with it) and that "knowing someone" will continue to be the main driver for acceptance in the program.

And people look down at cowboy coding...

Re:A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate, and ... by girvo on Friday February 28, 2020 @08:59PM (#22448187)
What would this be called... cowboy business decisions isn’t snappy enough as a term, and I’ve seen this often enough that it would be good to have a term for it!
Re:A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate, and ... by warent on Friday February 28, 2020 @09:19PM (#22448282)
I think the word is Cronyism