The Department of Revenue stopped issuing free IDS after a Cole County Circuit judge overturned the voter ID law. The law required residents to show a government-issued photo ID to vote. 

The bill's sponser Senator Delbert Scott plans to appeal the ruling.

If the appeal wins and the Voter ID case stands, the revenue department's spokesperson estimates about 137,000 residents will not have proper identification.

However, she also says the large number might not be much of a problem.

The attorney general's office will file a motion to a Cole County Circuit judge to allow the the department to continue to issue free identification cards.