莫斯科市长直接选举将于9月8日举行

 　　MOSCOW, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Early elections of the Moscow mayor will be held on Sept. 8, the City Duma said Friday.

　　This will be the first time in a decade that Moscovites could choose their mayor by a popular vote. So far, the mayor was appointed by the president's decree.

　　On Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin, allowing him to participate in the polls.

　　Sobyanin will work as the acting¹ mayor until the election day.

　　The candidates for the vacant post could submit their bids to the city election commission from June 12 to July 12. Everyone who manages to collect the required number of signatures during the 30 days could run for the post.

　　Under the Moscow city law, an eligible² candidate needs to collect at least 6 percent of signatures of municipal representatives.

　　Sobyanin was appointed for the mayor's office in October 2010 by then president Dmitry Medvedev. His mandate³ expires in 2015 if he did not call the early elections.

　　The elections of the Moscow regional governor have also been set on Sept. 8.

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

3 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。