The organization where Sen. Barack Obama worked as a community organizer and lawyer, the ‘Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now’ better known as ‘Acorn’, is now under investigation in several States for suspected voter registration fraud.

And this latest wave of ACORN inquiries is providing Republicans a new line of attack to use against the Democratic presidential nominee and particularly because he represented ACORN in a lawsuit in the 1990s.

A member of Sen. John McCain’s campaign wrote in a memo on Friday, “Given ACORN’s recent efforts to engage in voter fraud and to disrupt our political system, Obama’s affiliation with this group raises serious questions about his judgment and ability to lead this nation”.

Nevada is the latest in a string of States to take action against Acorn and investigators raided the group’s state headquarters on Tuesday. The Nevada branch submitted voter registration forms carrying the names of celebrities such as Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, who are both members of the Dallas Cowboys and many members of the general public announced that they had been asked by ACORN employees to submit multiple registration forms.

Obama’s campaign has so far paid ‘Citizens Services Inc.’ which is an ACORN subsidiary about $800,000 for services rendered and ACORN endorsed Obama during the Democratic primaries.

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt said on a McCain campaign conference call on Friday, “Sen. Obama’s ties with ACORN go back a long way. Before he launched his political career in the home of Bill Ayers, he was fighting alongside ACORN. He acted as their lawyer. He has taught classes to ACORN liberal community organizers”.

Republicans are also attempting to link Acorn to the current financial crisis and a McCain campaign employee posted a video on the Internet on Friday that accuses ACORN of “bullying banks and forcing them to issue risky home loans. The same types of loans that caused the financial crisis we’re in today”

The House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), whose home state has also discovered irregular ACORN registration forms, said on Thursday, “I believe we are witnessing a national trend that must be fully investigated to protect the sanctity of our elections”.

Obama campaign officials have rejected the McCain camp’s charges and labeled them as an attempt to “turn the page from the issues that matter to American families”.

Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a statement, “Barack Obama strongly condemns voter registration fraud or any other breach of election law by any party or group. The McCain campaign’s allegations about Sen. Obama are completely transparent and false”.

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