That's a crock and you know it. Riding a bus is no excuse to not have "at a minimum" a state ID card. How are those poor poor bus riders cashing checks from the jobs they got when they showed an ID.
Sick, elderly......Meh. Call a church, grandson, neighbor....someone and get a lift to an ID center or whatever that place may be called. They do have 4 whole years between elections (sometimes 2) to get a valid ID.