Cobb County cityhood movements advance

A sign in the ground outside a home in Cobb County on Feb. 14, 2022 encourages residents to vote in favor of creating the city of East Cobb. It's one of three cityhood referendums coming up in May in Cobb County that follow the election of three Black women to the county commission in the 2020 election, giving Democrats a majority on the commission for the first time in decades. (AP Photo/Sudhin S. Thanawala)

Metro Atlanta is experiencing an explosion in cityhood movements.

Cobb County voters will be able to vote in favor of or against the cityhood movements in East Cobb, Vinings and Lost Mountain in May.

Gov. Brian Kemp is expected to sign a measure that will allow Mableton voters to cast their ballot in November.