Were up to 58,000 citizens in Maricopa County denied right to vote?

[TexasTowelie]

Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes is spoiling for a fight over voter-registration procedures meant to keep undocumented immigrants from voting.

The newly elected Democrat says the restrictions may have denied as many as 58,000 U.S. citizens in Maricopa County the right to vote, a fear critics of the law argued at the U.S. Supreme Court.

So Fontes is changing the process immediately.

"We are not in the business of creating obstacles to citizens to exercise their constitutional rights," Fontes told The Arizona Republic.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2017/05/02/maricopa-county-voter-registration-citizenship-adrian-fontes/308435001/

[onetexan]

1. Good work Mr. Fontes

Maricopa County is the same one the disgraceful and racist to the core ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio ruled for years. Can anyone shed light on what the heck happened with his trial that was scheduled for April? I googled and only found this dated article - apparently one of his defense attorneys quit:
https://ktar.com/story/1521620/arpaio-lawyer-cited-ethical-concerns-quits-contempt-case/

Good news is the new Sheriff Paul Penzone shut down Tent city:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/05/522707158/joe-arpaios-infamous-tent-city-jail-in-maricopa-county-will-shut-down