White asking to stay in office during appeal

A judge says he'll rule Wednesday on Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White's bid to remain in office while White appeals an order removing him from the statewide post.

Marion Circuit Court Judge Louis Rosenberg said Tuesday he'll rule Wednesday on White's request. Rosenberg issued an order Dec. 22 ousting White because he was improperly registered as a candidate when he ran for office in 2010.

But he stayed that order pending Tuesday's hearing requested by White.

Indiana's attorney general also is appealing Rosenberg's order because it reverses a unanimous decision by the Indiana Recount Commission.

White faces a separate trial Jan. 30 on criminal charges that he lied about where he lived during the 2010 primary so he could remain on the Fishers Town Council. White maintains his innocence.