Alejandra Pablos of Arizona leads a chant as voting rights reform demonstrators stage a sit-in at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2016, urging lawmakers to take money out of the political process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Hundreds of protesters have flocked to the U.S. Capitol for a demonstration against the role of money in politics, prompting mass arrests by the Capitol police force.
The peaceful demonstration is part of a series of protests in Washington this week by a coalition of groups and is called "Democracy Spring."
The demonstrators chanted slogans like "one person, one vote" and "money out of politics" as they sat on the East Front of the Capitol. Some of the protestors marched from Philadelphia to Washington over the past week. One sign read "Things go better without Koch," a reference to the billionaire businessmen who have promised to lead an almost $900 million campaign to back favored candidates this election cycle.
Police led dozens of protesters away in plastic handcuffs.
Voting rights reform demonstrators stage a sit-in at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2016, urging lawmakers to take money out of the political process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Alejandra Pablos of Arizona, lower right, leads a chant as voting rights reform demonstrators stage a sit-in at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2016, urging lawmakers to take money out of the political process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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U.S. Capitol Police move in to make arrests as voting rights reform demonstrators stage a sit-in at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2016, urging lawmakers to get money out of the political process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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