Kilotest: Diagnoses of role assigned instead of implicit violation by HTML element 1858 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
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User may misunderstand the purpose of an item
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 182
• Violators: 182

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: OpenSecrets Following the money in politics … Follow us on Threads
• Start tag: <div class="dc-section dc-footer Footer hide-print" id="footer" role="contentinfo">
• XPath: /html/body/div[5]/div[1]
• Bounding box: x = 310, y = 8328, width = 1300, height = 440
• Reported by Testaro

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role assigned instead of implicit issue for HTML element 1858 of the Open Secrets page.

1. Explicit contentinfo role of the element is also an implicit HTML element role

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: role