Kilotest: Diagnoses of landmarks not distinctly named violation by HTML element 927 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
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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: What’s the latest news? … Explore contributions
• Start tag: <div id="carousel_quick_links" 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[2]/div[1]/div[1]
• Bounding box: x = 310, y = 1072, width = 1300, height = 566
• Reported by Axe + Pour

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the landmarks not distinctly named issue for HTML element 927 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination; The landmark must have a unique aria-label, aria-labelledby, or title to make landmarks distinguishable

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: landmark-unique

2. Landmarks of the same type need distinguishing labels

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: landmark-unique