“I was living in Big Horn County at the time,” said Koch. “It was a heated political year. Obama was running for office. I had political beliefs I felt strongly about. I was having a conversation with my mother-in-law who’s an elected official (Representative Elaine Harvey) and explained my situation. She said to go ahead and register to vote. The worst that could happen is I would be rejected. I remember taking my son into the election hall and explaining to him how voting was our greatest right; we should take pride in it. In subsequent years, I was already in it so I just kept voting.”