Kilotest: Diagnoses of focusable element hidden violation by HTML element 1169 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: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 5 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + ASLint + Axe + SureA11y)
• Violations: 60
• Violators: 15

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: 2026 Election | September 29, 2026 … Redboxing: The loophole that lets campaigns tell super PACs exactly what to do
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/09/redboxing-the-loophole-that-lets-campaigns-tell-super-pacs-exactly-what-to-do/" class="splide__slide" 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/2026/09/29164509/Redbox-example.png&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-slide03" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="3 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[7]
• Bounding box: x = 1658, y = 2094, width = 626, height = 352
• Reported by Accessibility Checker + SureA11y

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the focusable element hidden issue for HTML element 1169 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Element "a" should not be focusable within the subtree of an element with an 'aria-hidden' attribute with value 'true'

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_hidden_nontabbable

2. aria-hidden a is focusable (1 focusable element(s)).

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: aria-hidden-focus