Despite some confusion and a legal challenge to a court ruling that refused to stop implementation of the voter ID law in Pennsylvania, official and unofficial efforts targeting eligible voters across the state to make sure they have proper identification required to vote on Nov. 6 is doable.

Most people are aware of the voter ID issue. Even if they don’t understand all the requirements for an appropriate ID, they generally know some form of photo identification will be necessary to vote, starting in November. People arriving to vote without an appropriate photo ID can still cast a provisional ballot, but they will have to get the proper voter identification within six days for their ballot to count.

Efforts already are underway by government officials and others to ensure that everyone planning to vote has the necessary identification. State and county voter registration officials are meeting this week in Harrisburg to coordinate their efforts.

The state Department of Transportation will play a role in providing IDs for voting and PennDOT’s 71 licencing centers across the state will provide people with “voter-only” ID cards, which reportedly be available by next week.

In addition to government agencies, there are civic groups, labor unions, public housing agencies and senior-citizen groups getting the word out about voter ID requirements and offering help to those who need it.

According a Philadephia newspaper, advertisements are being created for newspapers across the state. Television and radio ads also will spread the word. Posters about ID issues will be displayed on buses, trains and subways operated by public transit agencies in the state.

In September, post cards will be mailed to every household in the state with a registered voter.

Beyond all this, political parties will be working to ensure maximum voter turnout — and that will include making sure that all eligble voters have IDs.

Even more people could be reached if utilities across the state included simple voter ID messages with their bills.

One way or another, the outreach effort will get to just about everybody who intends to vote.

A Butler Eagle letter to the editor this week made a good point saying that if someone can get to the polls to vote on Nov. 6, he or she should also be able get the identification necessary to vote between now and then.

Voter ID laws, here and in other states, remain controversial with Democratic critics claiming the intent is to supress voting among minorities, the poor and the elderly — many of whom traditionally favor Democrats.

Debate will continue, but outreach efforts should mean everyone who wants to vote in November will be able to cast a ballot.

A bigger election problem might be apathetic or turned-off voters, not people lacking proper photo IDs. A national poll by USA TODAY estimated that 90 million Americans will not cast a vote this November because they are too busy or so turned off by the negative political environment that they will sit out the election.

Some people said they are not impressed with either presidential candidate. Others said they don’t believe that things will change, no matter who wins.

Despite the challenges of ensuring every potential voter has proper ID, the bigger problem facing the United States is the fact that nearly one in three Americans is so disallusioned by our dysfunctional politics that they won’t vote. That trend will only make things worse by leaving government in the hands of partisans on both sides.

Voter ID issues can be managed. Disallusioned and disgusted voters is a bigger problem.