Less than a week after East Point became the first city in Fulton County to require wearing masks in commercial spaces, most county residents were under similar order.

College Park, Union City and South Fulton on Friday joined East Point in defying Gov. Brian Kemp’s order in April blocking local governments from creating laws stricter that what he’s done at the state level. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Fairburn Mayor Elizabeth Carr-Hurt signed their versions of the law on Wednesday.

Kemp’s spokeswoman called the local laws “unenforceable” but didn’t threaten a lawsuit to stop them.

That means nearly 70 percent of Fulton’s 1 million residents are under what Kemp’s office considers “unenforceable.” Atlanta accounts for 500,000 of those 700,000 residents — though the laws apply to visitors and residents alike.

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