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Frédérick Douzet, US politics specialist at the French Institute of Geopolitics

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Douglas Herbert speaks to Frédérick Douzet, a US politics specialist at the French Institute of Geopolitics. They discuss the tough new election laws in the US aimed at forcing voters in many states to show photo identification at polling places. Frédérick Douzet agrees with those who claim these laws are an attempt by Republicans to prevent minorities - who generally vote Democratic - from voting.

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