Believe it or not, they’re out there. Here’s the scoop, buried in a Los Angeles Times article on homeless voter registration drives:

On a recent overcast morning at a small park at 5th and San Julian streets, Burton and other volunteers attempted to entice the assembled men and women to register, using posters, loudspeakers and voting trivia games with compact discs as prizes.

In an hour, about 20 signed up, including Willie O’Dell, a 30-year-old staying at the Los Angeles Mission, who said he never voted in an election because he was too lazy. He said that he will now, though, and that he has no trouble deciding among Republican President Bush, Democrat John F. Kerry and the third-party candidates.

“My issue is Social Security and how much funding it gets,” O’Dell said. “I want Bush to win because he’s militant and he knows what’s going on, like his father…”

And more:

Sitting a few feet away on a ledge, Charles Ross puffed on a cigarette and explained to L.A. CAN outreach worker Herman Jones that in his 73 years, he had never voted and he was not feeling compelled to do so this time.

But Jones was not easily dissuaded.

Battling drug and alcohol addictions, Jones spent years on the streets, living on the sidewalk at 5th and Crocker streets and yelling at passersby to get off his frontyard. A big, barrel-chested man, he is capable of drawing interest by his mere presence.

He coaxed Ross to look at the registration form and then started filling in information. Ross, originally from Indiana, lives at the Frontier Hotel and indicated his preference to register as a Republican.

“Are you a citizen?” Jones asked Ross.

“Are you a citizen?” Ross answered cantankerously.

This I like.