Kilotest: Diagnoses of z-index not zero violation by HTML element 962 on Center for Democracy and Technology page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://cdt.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:43 by job 261007T1941-nud
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1226
  • Violators: 632
  • Issues: 48
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot predict the effect of clicking
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 111
• Violators: 111

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: Elections & Democracy … CDT works to secure election infrastructure and ensure voters can access reliable information about voting, candidates, and issues.
• Start tag: <div class="topic-card__content">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/section[3]/div[1]/div[1]/article[5]/div[1]/div[3]
• Bounding box: x = 733, y = 3475, width = 453, height = 453
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the z-index not zero issue for HTML element 962 of the Center for Democracy and Technology page.

1. z-index style property of the element is 2

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: zIndex