Last night I attended a MoveOn house party in Cambridge. In a member's living room, we gathered with the New England MoveOn field organizer to discuss MoveOn's goals for the coming year.

When she asked us what we wanted MoveOn's top policy priorities to be, I sat back at first to listen. I was very happy to hear almost everyone bring up an election reform issue, such as public financing, or paper ballots. When all was done, enhancing democracy through election reform was one of the three priorities our group recommended to MoveOn.

The house party I went to was a pilot, one of a small number held yesterday. Next week, MoveOn is inviting supporters everywhere to hold "Positive Agenda House Parties" on Thursday, May 25th.

You want public financing, and instant runoff voting, and paper ballots, and election day registration. Electing John Bonifaz is a great way to makes these happen, but we also need promote our goals in other ways.

MoveOn is one of the largest progressive organizations in the country today, with tremendous power to put issues in the spotlight, get media coverage, and get the attention of lawmakers. So sign up to host a house party on Thursday! You can help make elections one of MoveOn's top priorities in the coming year.