Kilotest: Diagnoses of presentation element has child 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: Keyboard-only user cannot reach an item intended to be reachable
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 4
• Violators: 4

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 HTML CodeSniffer

Diagnoses

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

1. This element's role is "presentation" but contains child elements with semantic meaning.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_3.1_3_1.F92,ARIA4