Kilotest: Diagnoses of link not named violation by HTML element 1458 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 understanding what a link points to
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
• Reported by 8 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + Editoria11y + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
• Violations: 14
• Violators: 4

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Get OpenSecrets Merch! … Shop now
• Start tag: <div class="dc-merch-image">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[6]/section[1]/div[2]
• Bounding box: x = 862, y = 4380, width = 748, height = 428
• Reported by Alfa

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the link not named issue for HTML element 1458 of the Open Secrets page.

1. The link does not have an accessible name

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r11