The election on October 20th was rigged

The quick count (known as TREP) allows for the rapid and transparent transfer of electoral tally sheets. It requires the uploading of poll sheet photographs to a common database to calculate the vote count. During the electoral count, in the evening of October 20th, the transfer of results was interrupted, following orders from the body responsible for the elections. The count was stopped at a time when the results did not favor the 10-point lead required by the left-wing candidate, Evo Morales, to claim the presidency without requiring a second voting round. By the time the system was re-established, the results showed that Morales had reached the 10-point lead he needed. ^[1] There is no reason why the electoral count should have been stopped, and the sudden increase in votes to president Evo Morales has cast doubt over the validity of the results. This doubt was shared by international observers from the European Union (EU) and the Organization of American States (OAS). ^[2] In response to the irregularities and the popular unrest that followed the elections, the Bolivian government called for an independent investigation to be conducted by the OAS. The government agreed the findings of the investigation would be binding. On November 10th, the OAS published its preliminary report, which gave no legitimacy to the count provided by the government and established that there had been "a conflict of good practice in the electoral process and a lack of respect for safety standards, all of which render invalid the results of the election". ^[3]

There were irregularities in the electoral count that were highlighted by the leader of the opposition and international organizations. An independent investigation carried out by Morales' government concluded that the election had not been conducted fairly. The evidence shows that the electoral process was not conducted in a manner that guaranteed its results.