Kilotest: Diagnoses of link name vague violation by HTML element 1527 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 may misunderstand what a link points to
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
• Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + Pour)
• Violations: 15
• Violators: 15

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/contracts">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[7]/section[1]/div[2]/div[6]/div[2]/span[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 902, y = 5774, width = 34, height = 26
• Reported by Pour

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the link name vague issue for HTML element 1527 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Link text alone must identify where the link goes (AAA)

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: link-text-generic-only