A voter registration worker for the group ACORN has been indicted on charges of fraud, U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today.

Deidra Humphrey of East St. Louis is charged with two counts of voter fraud, which each carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

Humphrey, 44, has been accused of submitting bogus voter registration cards to the St. Louis city and county Election Boards.

There is no indication from Hanaway’s announcement that any of the “voters” registered by Humphrey — including forged cards bearing the names of nursing home residences — participated in the November election.

During the campaign, Republican critics, including Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth, hammered ACORN for using illegal methods in Missouri and swing states to benefit Barack Obama.

Often, voter registration workers are paid by the number of cards they submit, or are required to meet a certain threshold.

This is not the first time ACORN workers have been indicted for fraud. In 2007, eight members of the group’s voter registration corps were indicted for submitting fake cards for the 2006 general election.