I think the restrictions are broader than necessary, and that was one of my biggest oppositions to the proposal, but MIGOP's complaints here are disingenuous. I certainly understand the rationale for restricting family members of people who ran or worked for an elected official, but parents, children, and spouses can have pretty different political beliefs. I really don't know how you can avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater here... if you want to have an objective standard, it's going to be either way too narrow or way too broad.
this really seems like something that could easily be solved with some AI
That's what I advocated for.
