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"No person shall hold an elected office under the Constitution of the United States which has been held by a parent, sibling, spouse, or child of that person."
I'm sure that constitutional scholars could find fault with the exact wording, and I'm fine with drafting corrections. But this needs to be adopted.
The term "an elected office" would refer to any position established under the Constitution, President, Vice-President, Senators, and Representatives and would exist in reference to a specific "electorate".
So, if I were elected to the 2nd District of Georgia, my wife, my children, and my parents could never hold that seat, but could hold the 1st or 3rd District seat, since they are elected by a different electorate. However, since both Senate seats apportioned to a given state are elected by the same electorate, they would be considered interchangeable.
The same is true of the President and Vice-President; they are both elected by the entire electorate of the country.
