Kilotest: Diagnoses of z-index not zero violation by HTML element 701 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 predict the effect of clicking
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 19
• Violators: 19

About the violator

• Tag name: IMG
• Text: Your home for … The nation’s top resource for unbiased political finance data, trusted by
• Start tag: <img src="https://cdn1.opensecrets.org/rails-assets/production/assets/dataculture/hero/hero_fragment-8f16b1089d2539004b5d5faa8e0834d62a1819340a0715fb0bd29281ca8088ce.png" class="hero-img__overlay">
• XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/img[3]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 1920, height = 800
• Reported by Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the z-index not zero issue for HTML element 701 of the Open Secrets page.

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

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: zIndex