Kilotest: Diagnoses of parent invalid violation by HTML element 667 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 properly operate an item
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
• Violations: 32
• Violators: 32

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Despite $18 million push, DeSantis-backed property tax amendment faces uphill battle … September 25, 2026
• Start tag: <a class="dc-news-item" href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/09/despite-18-million-push-desantis-backed-property-tax-amendment-faces-uphill-battle/">
• XPath: /html/body/div[3]/div[5]/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[3]/ul[1]/a[4]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by Html Checker API

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the parent invalid issue for HTML element 667 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Element a not allowed as child of element ul in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)

   Rule engine: Html Checker API (World Wide Web Consortium)