Is This Even Constitutional?

Article 14 Section 3 Subsection 3 of North Dakota's constitution states: "No member of the ethics commission may hold other public office" So how can a sitting elected Sheriff be appointed?

Yesterday, it was announced that Burleigh County Sheriff Kelly Leben is being appointed to fill a vacancy on the North Dakota Ethics Commission:

North Dakota leaders on Friday appointed Burleigh County Sheriff Kelly Leben to the North Dakota Ethics Commission.

Leben will succeed former chair Cynthia Lindquist, who left the board earlier this month to purs…