Letter: Silicon Valley should help design a way for early voters to have all political ads automatically blocked

Published: Thursday, Nov. 8 2012 12:00 a.m. MST

This undated frame grab taken from AP video shows a Barack Obama campaign ad on a television screen in Roanoke, Va.

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I'm really tired of all the negative political ads on TV these past several months.

I'm really tired of all the negative political ads on TV these past several months. I propose a way to escape this tedious deluge. Candidates, political parties and election officials all urged us to vote and to do so early. I believe this could have been accomplished with record turnout if we didn't have to listen to all the negative rhetoric.

I propose that a bright computer engineer design a way for early voters to have all political ads automatically blocked from their TV's should they vote early. Hey, Silicon Valley, help us out!

George Eldredge

South Jordan

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Curmudgeon

Salt Lake City, UT

Try the off button, or at least the mute button. Or record your program on DVR and fast forward through the ads. Or read a good book. Stop relying on somebody else to decide what enters your mind.