Nick Clegg aiming to locate 3.5 million missing voters  Deputy
prime minister wants law change so that individuals, not
households, register to vote Ballot count Ballot papers are
counted in Gordon Brown's constituency of Kirkcaldy and
Cowdenbeath at the general election. But too many people who are
eligible to vote fail to do so. Photograph: Graham Stuart/EPA
In an attempt to reach out to critics, who say the government is
gerrymandering parliamentary constituencies in favour of the
coalition, the deputy prime minister will unveil plans to
increase voting in areas of high social deprivation.  Clegg will
tell the Hansard Society that from next year the government will
attempt to locate missing voters by piloting a system of data-
matching. This will allow local authorities to compare
information on databases such as council tax records with the
electoral register to identify missing voters.  Clegg will say:
"It is not good enough to simply ignore the millions who aren't
registered, especially when you look m