Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest and assemblyman Greg Goodman have until Thanksgiving to respond to a lawsuit challenging Goodman’s election.
Goodman’s opponent in the Oct. 5 municipal election, Karen Hess, filed suit in Superior Court Nov. 4 against the borough and Goodman, asserting that the assembly violated borough code by failing to investigate Goodman’s voter registration applications in Anchorage on March 26 and July 30 of 2009.
The suit cites a section of state law…

