About 500 challenged ballots reportedly at stake in Amazon union vote

About 500 of the ballots cast in Amazon’s landmark union election were challenged before the e-commerce titan took a commanding lead, the labor group involved in the push said.

The challenged ballots could make a difference if the number of votes in favor of unionizing Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse catches up with the number of votes against when counting resumes Friday, according to Reuters, which first reported the figure. Amazon and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union challenged the ballots in a private process before the National Labor Relations Board began the public count Thursday afternoon, the news agency reported.