Democracy Spring was a progressive social movement organization based in the United States that used campaigns of escalating nonviolent civil disobedience to build active public support to "end the corruption of big money in politics and protect the right to vote for all Americans.

"[3] The organization began as a coalition of "more than 100 progressive groups"[4] with a common interest in US federal legislation intended to reduce "the influence of money in politics" and "expand and protect voting rights.

The initial events received widespread coverage on social media, and outlets like NPR and C-SPAN, while cable news networks devoted little time to the protests.

[10] The protest began with a rally and participants included progressive political commentator Cenk Uygur, actress Rosario Dawson, educator and activist Lawrence Lessig, author Frances Moore Lappé,[11] Chris Hedges,[12] filmmaker Annabel Park, Ben & Jerry's founders, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield,[13] and "many attendees sporting Bernie Sanders clothing and signs.

NPR found the event to be "cheery and peaceful" and a Capitol Police officer said that unless the protesters had outstanding warrants, they would "merely be processed, cited with a fine, and released.

The demands were that the party commit, within the first 100 days of a new Congress and presidential administration, to reverse Citizens United v. FEC, ensure publicly funded elections, and restore the preclearance provisions Voting Rights Act, which were made effectively unenforceable by Shelby County v.

[24] The fourth demand, reflecting that the first three looked forward to January 2017, was that the Democratic Party immediately abolish the superdelegate system as a show of good faith.