Kilotest: Diagnoses of landmarks not distinctly named violation by HTML element 1148 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 some of the page is organized
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
• Reported by 2 rule engines (Axe + Pour)
• Violations: 4
• Violators: 3

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: 2026 Election | September 29, 2026 … Despite $18 million push, DeSantis-backed property tax amendment faces uphill battle
• Start tag: <div id="carousel_news" 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[3]/div[1]/div[1]
• Bounding box: x = 310, y = 2074, width = 1300, height = 494
• Reported by Pour

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the landmarks not distinctly named issue for HTML element 1148 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Landmarks of the same type need distinguishing labels

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: landmark-unique