We don’t know what will happen in the state voter id challenge, going against the new law on state constitutional grounds. If it is true that the Pennsylvania voter identification law will disenfranchise so many people who do not have the right photo id and are not likely to be able to get it before November, is anyone contemplating a federal as applied challenge as left open by the Supreme Court in Crawford?

On the practical difficulties of bringing as applied challenges under Crawford, see Julien Kern, As-Applied Constitutional Challenges, Class Actions, and Other Strategies: Potential Solutions to Challenging Voter Identification Laws After Crawford v. Marion County Election Board.