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Mitt Romney, visiting a phone bank for the Ohio Republican Party on Tuesday, said he wasn’t taking sides on the contentious ballot issue that concerns government union worker rights.

"I am not speaking about the particular ballot issues," Romney said, according to CNN. His comments were made after thanking GOP volunteers for making calls on Ohio ballot issues 2 and 3. Issue 2 overturns Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich’s bill to limit collective bargaining rights by government union workers. Issue 3 forbids the individual health insurance mandate.

“Those are up to the people of Ohio. But I certainly support the efforts of the governor to reign in the scale of government,” Romney said. “I am not terribly familiar with the tw! o ballot initiatives. But I am certainly supportive of the Republican Party's efforts here."

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