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On Top Of The News Email:news@arubatoday.com website: www.arubatoday.com Tel:+297 582-7800 Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Dozens Arrested at DC Rally Against Money in Politics

Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Hundreds
of protesters flocked to the
U.S. Capitol Monday for a
demonstration against the
role of money in politics,
prompting mass arrests by
the Capitol police force.
The peaceful demonstra-
tion is part of a series of
protests in Washington
this week by a coalition of
groups and is called “De-
mocracy Spring.” The dem-
onstrators chanted slogans
like “one person, one vote”

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)

and “money out of politics” better without Koch,” a this election cycle. The party figures such as mem-
as they sat on the East Front reference to the billionaire demonstrators also protest- bers of Congress who are
of the Capitol. Many of the businessmen David and ed state voter ID laws, say- given votes at the Demo-
protestors marched from Charles Koch, who have ing they suppress voter par- cratic National Convention
Philadelphia to Washington promised to lead an almost ticipation. Another chant but are not elected by pri-
over the past week. $900 million campaign to protested about Demo- mary elections or at party
One sign read “Things go back favored candidates cratic “super delegates” — caucuses.q