Kilotest: Diagnoses of heading structure illogical violation by HTML element 650 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: Helper misdescribes the page
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 7
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: OpenSecrets launches new dashboard bringing state and federal data under one roof … October 01, 2026
• Start tag: <div class="dc-news-item-content-wrapper">
• XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[5]/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[3]/ul[1]/a[1]/div[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the heading structure illogical issue for HTML element 650 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Expected <code><h2 class="dc-news-item-title dc-text-label-s-medium">OpenSecrets launches new dashboard bringing state and federal data under one roof</h2></code> to be <code><h3></code>

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: headings_hierarchy