After Labor fiasco, Likud to try computerized vote

As Likud plans to hold its first computerized primary tomorrow, what is its technical service provider, the computer firm Malam-Team, doing to prevent a fiasco like the one that befell the Labor Party last week?

Malam-Team is responsible for running the Likud primaries tomorrow, and the Kadima primaries next week, on December 17.

Last Tuesday night, the day the Labor primary - and its computer systems - crashed, the company held an emergency meeting to examine the problems facing its competitor Taldor, which handled Labor's vote.

Likud executive director Gad Arieli said the party had hired an outside firm to examine its communication system, where Taldor said its problems lay. However, Pelephone, which provided the communications infrastructure for the Labor primary, denied there had been problems with its networks.

"Taldor gave us a price quote, but we did not receive the proper guarantees for the project's success," said Arieli.

When asked how he feels regarding the chances of a fiasco such as last Tuesday's, Arielli said jokingly, "As manager of the project, I need to have a ticket to Australia in my pocket to be ready for anything," adding, "In the end, I am responsible on the results."