--- description: Governor Scott Walker says the state attorney general is prepared to appeal a federal judge's ruling title: Scott Walker Says Wisconsin Will Appeal Voter-ID Ruling image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [TIME 100](/tag/time-100/) ## TIME 100 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Wisconsin to Appeal Voter-ID Ruling by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2014 11:59 PM CUT by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2014 11:59 PM CUT Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said on Tuesday that his administration would appeal a federal-court ruling [striking down the state’s voter-ID law](http://time.com/81523/wisconsin-voter-id-law-struck-down-in-federal-court/ "undefined"). “We’ll work with our attorney general. J.B. Van Hollen has made it clear that he’s prepared to appeal that decision,” Walker, [a TIME 100 honoree](http://time.com/70852/scott-walker-2014-time-100/ "undefined"), said during a brief interview at the TIME 100 gala in New York City. “We ultimately think that just like many other issues in the state the last several years that it will ultimately be upheld.” A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the law unfairly burdens poor and minority voters. Also spotted at the gala: Walker, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, chatting for some time with possible rival Rand Paul, and industrialist and GOP megadonor David Koch in a long conversation with News Corp. media mogul Rupert Murdoch. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/81965/wisconsin-to-appeal-voter-id-ruling/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/81965/wisconsin-to-appeal-voter-id-ruling/"},"headline":"Wisconsin to Appeal Voter-ID Ruling","datePublished":"2014-04-29T23:59:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:12.576Z","description":"Gov. Scott Walker says his office will appeal a federal judge's ruling on Tuesday that its voter identification law unfairly burdens low-income and minority voters by requiring them to obtain and show a state-issued photo ID at the polls during future elections","url":"https://time.com/81965/wisconsin-to-appeal-voter-id-ruling/","keywords":["TIME 100","TIME 100","TIME 100 Gala"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/81965/wisconsin-to-appeal-voter-id-ruling/","name":"Wisconsin to Appeal Voter-ID Ruling"}}]}] ```