Thank goodness the midterm elections are over! In the run-up to the election, potential voters were exposed to what seemed like a never-ending barrage of negative political ads containing a multitude of lies, insinuations, misinformation and name-calling. American voters deserve better than that.

It’s time that the Federal Communications Commission establish guidelines on what can and cannot be included in political ads. Each state should be required to establish a bipartisan commission that would scrutinize any ads that a candidate or special interest group wanted to air and determine if they were acceptable or not under the FCC’s guidelines. Those that were deemed unacceptable could not be aired.