A worker checks the print out from the PCOS (Precinct Count Optical Scan) machine as they work round-the-clock to correct defects of the counting machine for the Philippines's first automated Presidential elections at their plant in Cabuyao township, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Commission on Elections officials announced Wednesday the first automated Presidential elections will proceed next week after the Smartmatic consortium promised to correct the defects which sparked fears of chaotic poll failure. Photo: Bullit Marquez, AP