Kilotest: Diagnoses of image not named violation by HTML element 433 on Center for Responsive Politics advanced donor lookup page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/advanced
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 20:04 by job 261007T1941-ze6
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 1612
  • Violators: 670
  • Issues: 65
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help to know what is in an image
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
• Reported by 4 rule engines (Alfa + Editoria11y + Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 12
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: IMG
• Text: Redboxing: The loophole that lets campaigns tell super PACs exactly what to do … September 29, 2026
• Start tag: <img class="dc-news-item-image" src="https://cdn1.opensecrets.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/29164509/Redbox-example.png">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/a[3]/img[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by Editoria11y + Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the image not named issue for HTML element 433 of the Center for Responsive Politics advanced donor lookup page.

1. <p>When screen readers encounter an image with no alt attribute at all, they dictate the url of the image file instead, often one letter at a time.</p> <p><strong>To fix:</strong> either add an empty alt (alt="") to indicate this image should be ignored by screen readers, or add descriptive alt text.</p> <p>Note that a <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/informative" target="_blank" title="Opens in new tab">good alt describes the image's message</a>, not simply what it contains. Depending on the context, the alt for the picture of a child kicking a ball might emphasize the setting, the child, the kick or the ball:</p> <ul> <li>The sunny spring day brought kids to the park for some soccer.</li> <li>A.J. wearing the new team uniform.</li> <li>The game-winning kick curved in from the left sideline!</li> <li>The size 4 ball is the right size for this 9-year-old child.</li> </ul>

   Rule engine: Editoria11y (Princeton University)

   Rule: altMissing

2. Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37

3. An img element must have an alt attribute, except under certain conditions. For details, consult guidance on providing text alternatives for images.

   Rule engine: Html Checker API (World Wide Web Consortium)