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handle is hein.crs/govebhi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional a Research Service informing the Iegiative debate since 1914 ___________________ Bolivia: October 18, 2020, General Elections Updated October 7, 2020 Bolivia is scheduled to hold parliamentary and presidential elections on October 18, 2020, with a presidential runoff on November 29, if necessary. The county has been extremely polarized since the November 2019 resignation of President Evo Morales of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party following annulled October 2019 elections. New elections originally were scheduled for May 2020, but Bolivia's electoral tribunal postponed them twice due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The United States has expressed concern about political volatility in Bolivia and supported efforts to ensure the upcoming elections are free and fair. October Elections Annulled Figure 1. Map of Bolivia Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, transformed Bolivia, but observers have criticized his efforts to remain in office (he won elections in 2006, 2009, and 2014). In 2017, Bolivia's Constitutional Tribunal removed limits on BOLIVIA reelection established in the 2009 constitution, effectively overruling a 2016 referendum in which voters rejected a constitutional change that would have allowed Morales to run again. Allegations of fraud marred Bolivia's October --. 2019 election. The electoral tribunal said Morales exceeded the 10-point margin necessary to avoid Source: CRS Graphics. a runoff against former president Carlos Mesa, but Mesa rejected that result. Protests ensued, with some pushing for anew election and others calling for Morales's resignation. On November 10, the Organization of American States (OAS) issued preliminary findings suggesting enough irregularities to merit a new election. (Some experts have challenged aspects of those findings.) Morales agreed to hold new elections, but the opposition rejected his offer. Morales resigned after police refused to suppress protests and the military urged him to step down. He now has asylum in Argentina. In late November 2019, the MAS-led Congress passed a law to annul the elections and select a new electoral tribunal. In December, the final OAS election report found intentional manipulation of the results. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11198 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress

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