Huffpost College The Blog   Paul Bowers Headshot  Homeless in
Columbia: Photo ID and the Silent Voting Bloc (VIDEO)  Posted:
Updated:  An explanation: My roommate and I spent three days
living on the streets to learn about the homeless experience in
Columbia, S.C. Now I'm digging deeper into the issues and
writing about them at  "Patience is a virtue," muttered the man
whose elbow kept bumping mine in the Social Security office
waiting room. The place was exactly what you would expect:
yellow wallpaper, no windows, everyone overhearing everyone else
and smelling everyone else's body odor. Folks were getting
impatient.   It took me four and a half hours, seven miles of
walking, and $17 to get it. There's been some debate recently
about how much of a hassle it is to get one of these ID cards,
which are issued by the South Carolina Department of Motor
Vehicles to people who can't or don't have a driver's license.
A bill in the state legislature would require you to present
photo ID at the polls in order to vote