An election to determine whether workers unionize an electric vehicle battery manufacturing complex in Kentucky is in limbo Thursday due to a few dozen disputed ballots that could swing the outcome.

The United Auto Workers claimed it secured a narrow victory at the BlueOval SK battery park after the two-day vote that ended Wednesday. Yet the outcome ultimately could depend on 41 challenged ballots that the UAW contended were “illegitimate” and should not be counted. The company urged the National Labor Relations Board, which ran the election, to count each eligible vote because “every voice matters.”

The UAW is hoping to gain another victory at the BlueOval SK complex to expand its foothold in the South and at battery factories that will power the next wave of EVs. Unions have struggle

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