Kilotest: Diagnoses of links not grouped as nav violation by HTML element 1151 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 identifying links as a navigation tool
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: 2026 Election | September 29, 2026 … Redboxing: The loophole that lets campaigns tell super PACs exactly what to do
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/09/redboxing-the-loophole-that-lets-campaigns-tell-super-pacs-exactly-what-to-do/" class="splide__slide splide__slide--clone" style="background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 27.86%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)) center center / cover, linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 100%), url(&quot;https://cdn1.opensecrets.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/29164509/Redbox-example.png&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-clone01" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="3 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = -2386, y = 2094, width = 626, height = 352
• Reported by QualWeb

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the links not grouped as nav issue for HTML element 1151 of the Open Secrets page.

1. [failed] It was found a group of 10 or more links not grouped within a nav element.

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-BP4