This cartoon is from El Diario, October 22, 2011; a person says “He as a lawyer is not so bad…! Maybe as magistrate will be better…!”

Follow some excerpts from main Bolivian newspapers on the subject:

Opinion: Reports today: null votes are a warning to all politicians. No one should declare victory against current government, it is just the people showing their disgust against how this election turned out to be, pre-selected candidates, lack of information, not the most qualified professionals entered this contest. The government loses as they “predicted” a larger population voting, instead figures continue to show even larger amount of empty and null votes.

http://www.opinion.com.bo/opinion/articulos/2011/1023/noticias.php?id=29415

Pagina Siete: In La Paz, today the electoral officials will meet around 11am, as of yesterday  morning, 98% of the votes were counted.

http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-10-23/Nacional/Destacados/5Esp02-231011.aspx

El Dia: In Santa Cruz, 99% of the votes are registered and null (32.37% )votes are more than the valid (20.94%) ones. Empty votes are 16.39% and if added with the null ones, there is an impressive 48.76%.

http://eldia.com.bo/index.php?c=Portada&articulo=Al-99%-de-los-votos-escrutados-oficialmente,–los-votos-nulos-se-imponen-a–los-validos&cat=1&pla=3&id_articulo=76692