Kilotest: Diagnoses of control not named violation by HTML element 1632 on Open Secrets page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:57 by job 261007T1941-pfb
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 2429
  • Violators: 1331
  • Issues: 75
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on how to operate a form item
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 4 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour)
• Violations: 11
• Violators: 11

About the violator

• Tag name: INPUT
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <input class="MailChimp-input required email" type="email" value="" name="email" id="mce-EMAIL-footer" placeholder="Email address" autocomplete="home email" data-validate="email" aria-required="true" data-mailchimp-input="true" style="">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[9]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/form[1]/div[1]/input[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1211, y = 6146, width = 251, height = 43
• Reported by Pour

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the control not named issue for HTML element 1632 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Every form field needs a label

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: form-label