But you read it here first!

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/02/nick-clegg-secures-10m-encourage-students-vote_n_6253800.html

[Labour] spokesperson said: “What I won’t sanction is … lots of voters dropping off the register, deprived of their vote, and stopped from taking part in elections because of bureaucracy and badly-implemented government policies. This would be a disaster for our democracy.

“I’m alarmed at the government’s complacency. They speeded up the measured move to individual electoral registration that Labour put in place, and have stripped out the safeguards that were designed to prevent eligible voters dropping off the register.”

He said those potentially disenfranchised are more likely to be students, those in private rental accommodation and members of the black and minority ethnic (BAME) community. He said: “Many of those are already on the margins of society, and stripping them of their votes would make this worse. That’s why I’m clear that if there’s a dramatic reduction in the numbers of those on the electoral register because of the move to individual electoral registration, I’m prepared to pull the plug”.

Recent estimates from the Electoral Commission suggest there are 6 million eligible voters currently not on the electoral register -2.5million more than previous estimates. The Electoral Reform Society has warned that this number could sharply increase with the introduction of individual electoral registration, saying the proposals, if implemented badly, could have a “devastating impact on British democracy by alienating millions of voters right before the 2015 general election …”

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/20/labour-considering-us-style-election-day-voter-registration