Empire Digital Signs’ Role in Democratic Platform Committee Hearing

DNCROCHESTER, NY (July 13, 2016): Local company Empire Digital Signs, LLC traveled to Orlando, FL last weekend to provide the Democratic National Committee with the Live Audience Response System that would drive their Platform Committee Hearing. The votes taken via the system would eventually determine what would be included in the Democratic Party’s platform in the July 2016 convention in Philadelphia.

The hearing took place on July 8-9 at the DoubleTree at Universal Orlando.

Empire Digital Signs designed a system that allowed Platform Committee members in attendance to place their individual vote via an interactive keypad. Setting Empire Digital Signs’ system apart from the competition was the ability to display the votes to the committee as they came in live. The results would also need to be compiled into a database for later review by the Platform Committee and Democratic National Committee.

Due to the larger differing views currently held within the Democratic party much of the platform was contested closely. Delegates voted on 237 amendments including gun violence protection, veterans’ rights, Middle East relations, healthcare and student debt. “The reliability of the system was the most important function to the Committee, so it was our main priority. At one point during the hearing a specific amendment was decided based on just one single vote. That’s how reliable our system needed to be and it was,” states owner of Empire Digital Signs, Wayne Didas, “it was a proud moment for our team to play even a small part in this election season.”

The Democratic National Committee approved the final draft of the platform at the Orlando Platform Committee Hearing utilizing the Audience Response System provided by Empire Digital Signs. The system will also be used at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next weekend.

For more information on Empire Digital Signs’ Event Department, call (585) 458-6087.

About Empire Digital Signs, LLC: Empire Digital Signs is a full service digital integration company located in Eastman Business Park in Rochester, NY. EDS specializes in interactive digital signage, standard digital signage, Digital-Out-Of-Home Advertising and digital event rentals. For more information, visit https://empiredigitalsigns.com