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The normally orderly proceedings of the city's Charter Revision Commission were upended Monday night when protesters stormed the meeting and demanded the panel slow down and listen to the public.

"The city charter, revisions, is going too fast. I mean, they aren't discussing anything except term limits," said Joseph Little of Community Voices Heard.

Changes to the city's term limits law has been a top priority of the commission and is expected to land on the ballot this fall. But there are other big issues before the commission -- chief among them, the possibility of doing away with political primaries and replacing them with nonpartisan elections.

"The role of this commission is not to decide the fate of this issue by default. It is to give it to the people," said Lenora Fulani of the New York City Independence Party.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg voiced support for an election change earlier in the day saying, "nonpartisan elections still are what would give everybody an opportunity to vote."

Commission chairman Matthew Goldstein signaled earlier this month that a proposal to establish nonpartisan elections was unlikely to go before voters this year. But on Monday, he made it clear that the commission is not finished debating the issue.

"At the time we were asked about that I really thought it had small likelihood. We will see after the commission has its discussion whether those likelihoods have changed at all," Goldstein said.

The commission is expected to discuss nonpartisan elections at its next meeting on Wednesday.

Although Election Day is still months away, the commission's work will be winding down soon. On or around August 12, the commission will vote on the issues it wants to place on the ballot this fall.

The exact ballot language needs to be finalized by early September.