Kilotest: Diagnoses of list child invalid violation by HTML element 1682 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 which items are in a list
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (SureA11y)
• Violations: 6
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: UL
• Text: "Websites such as OpenSecrets.org publish a torrent of data showing how much American companies, industries and interest groups spend on lobbying and electioneering. The trend is relentlessly upward." … Sean Trende
• Start tag: <ul class="splide__list" id="carousel_testimonial-list" role="presentation" style="transform: translateX(-2046px);">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[10]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]
• Bounding box: x = -1736, y = 7017, width = 1300, height = 339
• Reported by SureA11y

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the list child invalid issue for HTML element 1682 of the Open Secrets page.

1. This <ul> contains a direct child that is not a list item: li.

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: list-children-valid