Kilotest: Diagnoses of no default option violation by HTML element 780 on Center for Responsive Politics advanced donor lookup page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/advanced
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 20:04 by job 261007T1941-ze6
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 1612
  • Violators: 670
  • Issues: 65
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User may risk erroneously submitting a form
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 5
• Violators: 5

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: All States
• Start tag: <div class="js-customSelect DonorLookupSplash-form-select -block -dark js-init u-fadeIn">
• XPath: /html/body/div[5]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/form[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]
• Bounding box: x = 990, y = 658, width = 305, height = 60
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the no default option issue for HTML element 780 of the Center for Responsive Politics advanced donor lookup page.

1. Missing default selection <code><option></code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: select_initial_option