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handle is hein.crs/govdayp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Relearh Sevice Bolivia: Elections in September Updated July 21, 2020 On June 21, 2020, Interim Bolivian President JeanetteAfiez signed a law approved by the legislature weeks before establishing September 6 as the new date for general elections. The elections were scheduled for May 3 but suspended in March, after Afiez declared a national quarantine in response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Bolivia has been polarized since the November 2019 resignation of President Evo Morales of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Unrest and the surging pandemic (Afiez and several in her cabinet have contracted COVID-19) could threaten the elections. The United States remains concerned about the political volatility in Bolivia and has supported efforts to ensure the upcoming elections are free and fair. October Elections Annulled Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, transformed B olivia, but observers criticized his efforts to remain in office (he won elections in 2006, 2009, and 2014). In 2017, Bolivia's Constitutional Tribunal removed limits on reelection established in the 2009 constitution, effectively overruling a 2016 referendum in which voters rejected a constitutional change to allow Morales to run for another term. Figure I. Bolivia at a Glance 3t~e~ ~e ~ zeof M mtna ====P/==P ==r ==ap*.= Allegations of fraud marred Bolivia's October election. The electoral tribunal said Morales exceeded the 10-point margin necessary to avoid a runoff over formerpresident Carlos Mesa, but Mesa rejected that result. Some protesters called for a new election; others demanded Morales's resignation. POPU ti UeI-O the :On November 10, 2019, the Organization of pvert F 34.6 J2!, N X American States (OAS) issued preliminary Ke ,/r~di p~ttF!:r$(% ,ot de ~ ~ra~I~ findings suggesting enough irregularities to merit Top.xpa.ts. pet.... ..... .......... , a new election. (Some experts have since challenged aspects of those findings.) Morales Sources: CRS Graphics, International Monetary Fund (IMF), agreed to hold new elections, but the opposition Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Instituto Nacional de rejected his offer. Morales resigned after police Estadisticas (INE), Global Trade Atlas (GTA). refused to stop protesters, ministers resigned, and civic organizations and the military urged him to step down. He sought asylum in Mexico and then Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11198 CRS NS GHT Preparedi~ -cMen :bersad Comm: ~fltee& ofCong rcl: ---

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