Kilotest: Diagnoses of form submission button missing violation by HTML element 1909 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 easily submit a form
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.2
• Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + QualWeb)
• Violations: 6
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Do not fill this out if you are a person … Sign Up
• Start tag: <div class="MailChimp dc-mailchimp-container" data-newsletter-source="footer">
• XPath: /html/body/div[5]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1233, y = 8417, width = 377, height = 59
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the form submission button missing issue for HTML element 1909 of the Open Secrets page.

1. This form element does not have a submit button. This may be because it contains <code>input type="hidden"</code> elements only. Consider adding the <code>role='presentation'</code> attribute to hide it from assistive technologies.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: missing_submit_button