Two Tea Party groups have partnered together to build a website that would allow the public to search for fraudulent recall petition signatures.

We the People of the Republic and Wisconsin GrandSons of Liberty operate Verify the Recall, a website they claim will ensure the validity of signatures in the recall of Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, as well as the senatorial recalls, according to their website.

According to a statement, the organization is in the final stages of launching the website to allow citizens to search for their names and addresses to make sure people did not fraudulently sign their names to petitions.

People who signed the petitions have been given “confidential voting status” and would like to keep their address and name private may contact Verify the Recall and redact their information from the website, the statement said.

Larry Gamble, spokesperson for Wisconsin GrandSons of Liberty, said the website is necessary because the recall process was not as transparent as it should be.

“When the recall petitions were first being circulated, there was no clear process of how the recall was going to be organized,” said Gamble. “Nobody, not the Republican Party or the [Government Accountability Board] knew how it was going to happen.”

This lack of organization is part of why Gamble believes the recall elections are subject to fraud.

In a statement released Feb. 26, the national organization True the Vote, on behalf of Verify the Recall, said more than 55,000 ineligible signatures had been discovered.

Gamble explained signatures were considered ineligible for a number of reasons, including non-Wisconsin resident status, illegibility, incompletion or duplication.

Melissa Baldauff, Research Director for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, questioned the legitimacy of True the Vote’s research results, funding sources and motives.

“True the Vote has been the subject of multiple investigations, state and federal,” Baldauff said in a statement Thursday.

According to the statement, True the Vote was the subject of an ethics complaint filed by the Texas Democratic Party in 2010. The complaint alleged illegal contributions and illegal coordination with the Republican Party.

Erik Kirkstein, spokesperson for United Wisconsin, which spearheaded the recall signatures collecting effort, said in an email to The Badger Herald that True to the Vote’s analysis is “flawed and misleading.”

He also questioned the motives of Verify the Recall.

However, Magney said the efforts of the GAB, which is reviewing the petitions, are completely separate from those of We the People of the Republic and The Wisconsin GrandSons of Liberty. The board will also not accept challenges from third party organizations or any individuals.

The GAB will refer cases of possible fraud found by Verify the Recall to local district attorneys, Magney said.

Although transparency and identifying possible instances of fraud are among the group’s cited goals, Verify the Recall also aims to protect voter’s privacy. In their statement, Gamble stated the Verify the Recall website will honor those who have confidential voter status.

“We want to give them the chance to have their names redacted,” Gamble said.

Voters have until Wednesday to submit a request and prove their confidential voting status.