By Anne White

For the first time in years, Greenwich Republicans will decide their nominees for the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) in a contested primary… and it’s complicated.

The election on Tuesday, September 9 will determine which six of twelve Republican candidates advance to the November ballot.

Early voting begins Tuesday, September 2 at Town Hall, and absentee ballots are already available from the Town Clerk.

The BET is among the most powerful boards in town government, responsible for Greenwich’s $500-million budget.

The ballot is not simple. While six names appear with an asterisk to mark them as “endorsed” by the Republican Town Committee (RTC), those endorsements are split between two slates.

According to the official ballot, the candidates are:

Column A (endorsed

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