Kilotest: Diagnoses of role assigned instead of implicit violation by HTML element 1700 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 1700

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: "Websites such as OpenSecrets.org publish a torrent of data showing how much American companies, industries and interest groups spend on lobbying and electioneering. The trend is relentlessly upward." … Sean Trende
• Start tag: <div id="carousel_testimonial" class="splide splide--loop splide--ltr splide--draggable is-active is-overflow is-initialized" role="region" aria-roledescription="carousel">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[10]/div[1]/div[1]
• Bounding box: x = 310, y = 7017, width = 1300, height = 401

About the role assigned instead of implicit issue

• Why it matters: User may misunderstand the purpose of an item
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the role assigned instead of implicit issue for HTML element 1700 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Explicit region role of the element is also an implicit HTML element role

   Tool: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: role