Kilotest: Diagnoses of role invalid violation by HTML element 1214 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the Open Secrets page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 13 days ago by job 79l on 2026-05-19 at 14:37

About HTML element 1214

• Tag name: A
• Text: FEC Complaint | May 15, 2026 … Georgia Senate candidate reports $50M self-loan; FEC issues warning letter
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/05/georgia-senate-candidate-christina-clement-reports-50m-self-loan/" class="splide__slide splide__slide--clone" style="background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 27.86%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)) center center / cover, linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 100%), url(&quot;https://cdn1.opensecrets.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/15150322/imageedit_12_2046661310.jpg&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-clone06" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="2 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[12]
• Bounding box: x = 5028, y = 2094, width = 626, height = 352

About the role invalid issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on the nature of an item
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the role invalid issue for HTML element 1214 of the Open Secrets page.

1. The ARIA role 'tabpanel' is not valid for the element <a>

   Tool: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_role_valid