OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An election official says a Nebraska public official can’t hold office on the Nebraska Board of Education and the Metropolitan Utilities District board at the same time.

Douglas County Election Commissioner Brian Kruse said last month that Pat McPherson, who was elected to a four-year term on the State Board of Education in 2014, could hold both positions if he were to win election to the Omaha utility company board this year.

But Kruse said Tuesday that he learned about an exception to a rule that allows the same person to hold one “high” office and one “low” office at the same time. The Omaha World-Herald (http://bit.ly/1OQa8Bd ) reports that the exception says a person holding an office “described” by the Nebraska Constitution can’t also hold a second elected office.