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LA PAZ, Bolivia — Amid scattered violence, voters in two Bolivian provinces, Beni and Pando, appeared to approve controversial autonomy statutes Sunday challenging the leftist government of President Evo Morales, who has called the votes illegal bids to divide the country.
Yet polling data also showed Morales possibly scoring a political win with turnout rates in Beni and Pando provinces unusually low, backing government estimates that people opposed to the statutes were sitting out the vote.
Results are expected this week, and Bolivian law nullifies results if less than half of valid voters cast ballots.
