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Not unless the source of every dollar is traced to an actual represented constituent.

The conduit is not the issue. The source of the funds is.

If you want to be represented then you have to be the source of campaign funding and support for that representative.

We have non-representing representatives because we have permitted them to be bought and bribed by literally anyone.

Thanks.

This has one attractive consequence (which may be by design). I assume that if you say the rule is applicable to public employees, that is then NOT applicable to people who aren't public employees. In other words, non-incumbent candidates would be able to raise money from all over the country. This has the effect of being a de facto term limiter!