Issues reported for Center for Democracy and Technology home

Warning: This report is not the latest about the page. See history below.

About the page

URL: https://cdt.org/
Tested 189 days ago on 2026-05-05 at 17:30 by job 260505T1727-78w
Rule engines: 10 called, 9 able to test, violations reported by 9
Results: 903 violations, 288 violators, 48 issues
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History

189 days ago (oldest; this report)
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29 days ago (latest)

Issues reported

Highest priority: 10

image not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help to know what is in an image
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 5 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + Html Checker API + QualWeb)
- Results: 5 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
link not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding what a link points to
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 5 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 65 violations, 27 violators
Where was the issue found?
ID not unique
- Why it matters: User may be pointed to the wrong item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 5 rule engines (Alfa + ASLint + Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 21 violations, 8 violators
Where was the issue found?
contrast poor
- Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
- Reported by 4 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 51 violations, 38 violators
Where was the issue found?
svg image not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an image
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint)
- Results: 41 violations, 41 violators
Where was the issue found?
internal link broken
- Why it matters: User cannot reach a promised page location
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
image link not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding what a link points to
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 2 rule engines (HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 2 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
control not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how to operate a form item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
control label invisible
- Why it matters: User cannot understand how to operate a form item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.6
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
parent invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot properly operate an item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?

High priority: 9

role invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the nature of an item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Alfa + Axe + QualWeb)
- Results: 72 violations, 19 violators
Where was the issue found?
code obsolete
- Why it matters: Page contains code that is no longer standard
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
- Results: 6 violations, 6 violators
Where was the issue found?
skip method missing or invalid
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot easily reach the specific content of the page
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
tab-opening link action unstated
- Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, surprising a user
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Editoria11y)
- Results: 10 violations, 10 violators
Where was the issue found?
meta element duplicated
- Why it matters: Browser may process the page incorrectly
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
meta X-UA-Compatible incomplete
- Why it matters: Internet Explorer may display the page incorrectly
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
CSS property does not exist
- Why it matters: Page cannot be properly displayed
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
element obsolete
- Why it matters: Page includes obsolete code that the browser may fail to process
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
hover indication poor
- Why it matters: User cannot explore the page reliably with a mouse
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?

Low priority: 5

link indication poor
- Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Alfa + Axe + Testaro)
- Results: 32 violations, 29 violators
Where was the issue found?
links named identically
- Why it matters: User cannot get help differentiating links
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 2 rule engines (QualWeb + Testaro)
- Results: 30 violations, 19 violators
Where was the issue found?
line height low
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.8
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Results: 17 violations, 12 violators
Where was the issue found?
image alt long
- Why it matters: Helper gives a user an overly verbose explanation of an image
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Editoria11y)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
focus indication improvable
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot easily choose an item to operate
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.7
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 85 violations, 85 violators
Where was the issue found?

Lowest priority: 24

text contrast improvable
- Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
- Reported by 5 rule engines (Alfa + ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 79 violations, 59 violators
Where was the issue found?
tab-opening link action unstated?
- Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
- Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + Testaro)
- Results: 36 violations, 18 violators
Where was the issue found?
target small
- Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.5
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Testaro)
- Results: 60 violations, 60 violators
Where was the issue found?
position sticky
- Why it matters: User may be unable to see needed content or may be forced to scroll in both dimensions
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.10
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
hr misused
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the nature of segments of the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + Testaro)
- Results: 22 violations, 22 violators
Where was the issue found?
all-italic text
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + Testaro)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
text contrast not testable
- Why it matters: Text may be difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
- Reported by 2 rule engines (HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 41 violations, 37 violators
Where was the issue found?
item makes testing inconclusive
- Why it matters: Item prevents a conclusive accessibility test
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Results: 46 violations, 22 violators
Where was the issue found?
link name vague
- Why it matters: User may misunderstand what a link points to
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 4 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
image dubiously named
- Why it matters: Helper may describe an image inadequately
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
links dubiously share name
- Why it matters: User may be unable to get help differentiating links
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
content beyond landmarks
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
type redundant
- Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 22 violations, 22 violators
Where was the issue found?
section heading missing
- Why it matters: User cannot understand the topic of a part of the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
article heading missing
- Why it matters: User cannot understand the topic of a part of the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
image dubiously marked decorative
- Why it matters: Helper ignores an image that is apparently informative
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 4 violations, 4 violators
Where was the issue found?
overflow hidden?
- Why it matters: User may be unable to enlarge the text for readability
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Results: 106 violations, 106 violators
Where was the issue found?
image link text suspect
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user may misunderstand the effect of following a link
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
all-capital text
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
large visible-element count
- Why it matters: User cannot easily find items in the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
text distortion
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
inconsistent heading, link, or button styles
- Why it matters: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 4 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
title attribute invalid
- Why it matters: User gets too little, too much, or repeated help explaining an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
z-index not zero
- Why it matters: User cannot predict the effect of clicking
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 7 violations, 7 violators
Where was the issue found?

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History

Issues reported

image not named

link not named

ID not unique

contrast poor

svg image not named

internal link broken

image link not named

control not named

control label invisible

parent invalid

role invalid

code obsolete

skip method missing or invalid

tab-opening link action unstated

meta element duplicated

meta X-UA-Compatible incomplete

CSS property does not exist

element obsolete

hover indication poor

link indication poor

links named identically

line height low

image alt long

focus indication improvable

text contrast improvable

tab-opening link action unstated?

target small

position sticky

hr misused

all-italic text

text contrast not testable

item makes testing inconclusive

link name vague

image dubiously named

links dubiously share name

content beyond landmarks

type redundant

section heading missing

article heading missing

image dubiously marked decorative

overflow hidden?

image link text suspect

all-capital text

large visible-element count

text distortion

inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

title attribute invalid

z-index not zero

What you can do

Do it yourself

Use artificial intelligence