Issues reported for OpenSecrets advanced donor lookup
About the page
- URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/advanced
- Tested 29 days ago on 2026-10-12 at 20:51 by job
261012T2043-2hh - Rule engines: 12 called, 12 able to test, violations reported by 12
- Results: 1394 violations, 621 violators, 63 issues
- Download the full technical report (JSON)
History
- 34 days ago (oldest)
- 30 days ago
- 29 days ago (latest; this report)
Issues reported
Highest priority: 18
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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 8 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + Editoria11y + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
- Results: 8 violations, 2 violators
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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 + Pour + SureA11y)
- Results: 5 violations, 4 violators
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attribute invalid
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 4 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Axe + Html Checker API + SureA11y)
- Results: 9 violations, 6 violators
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ID not unique
- Why it matters: User may be pointed to the wrong item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 4 rule engines (ASLint + Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 282 violations, 213 violators
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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 3 rule engines (Alfa + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour)
- Results: 19 violations, 17 violators
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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 3 rule engines (Editoria11y + Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 9 violations, 3 violators
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label referent ineligible
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an item in a form
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Html Checker API)
- Results: 14 violations, 13 violators
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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: 3 violations, 3 violators
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aria attribute invalid
- Why it matters: Item behavior violates user expectations
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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label reference invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an item in a form
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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meta charset declared too late
- Why it matters: Browser may display incorrect text
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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attribute value invalid
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 38 violations, 38 violators
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ID empty
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 6 violations, 6 violators
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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: 6 violations, 6 violators
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button not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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input not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on what information to enter in a form item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 5 violations, 5 violators
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autocomplete missing
- Why it matters: User cannot get help entering personal information in a form
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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Tab-focusable elements wrong
- Why it matters: Item selections by a keyboard-only user are useless or impossible
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
High priority: 18
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form submission button missing
- Why it matters: User cannot easily submit a form
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.2
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + QualWeb)
- Results: 8 violations, 8 violators
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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: 1 violation, 1 violator
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forms not distinctly named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
- Results: 4 violations, 4 violators
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h1 not 1st heading
- Why it matters: User cannot understand the topic of the page
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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autocomplete invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot get help entering personal information in a form item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
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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
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code invalid
- Why it matters: Invalid code in the page may prevent a helper from working
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 6 violations, 6 violators
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invalid CSS at-rule
- Why it matters: Page cannot be properly displayed in particular contexts
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 45 violations, 1 violator
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attribute 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 (Html Checker API)
- Results: 4 violations, 4 violators
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select not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the topic of a list of options
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
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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: 1 violation, 1 violator
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box size absolute
- Why it matters: User cannot enlarge the content of an item for readability
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Results: 10 violations, 10 violators
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font small
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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small targets too near to each other
- Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.8
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 7 violations, 7 violators
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input has placeholder instead of name
- Why it matters: User cannot get reliable help on what information to enter in a form item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 7 violations, 7 violators
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element focusability and operability conflict
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot operate an item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 11 violations, 11 violators
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element beyond display when focused
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.10
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
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element reloads or redirects
- Why it matters: Page change may surprise a user
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.2.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (WAVE)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Low priority: 11
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fieldset missing
- Why it matters: User cannot get help recognizing a group of related form items
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Testaro)
- Results: 12 violations, 8 violators
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line height low
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.8
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Testaro)
- Results: 118 violations, 118 violators
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label types incompatible
- Why it matters: User cannot get reliable help on the topics of form items
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
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heading level skipped
- Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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heading structure illogical
- Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 3 violations, 2 violators
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legend missing
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the topic of a group of form items
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Pour)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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links named identically
- Why it matters: User cannot get help differentiating links
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 2 violations, 1 violator
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link indication poor
- Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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semantic properties represented with styles
- Why it matters: User cannot get help to fully understand the text
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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page content moves spontaneously
- Why it matters: Motion-sensitive user may suffer harm
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.2.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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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: 1 violation, 1 violator
Lowest priority: 16
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text contrast improvable
- Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
- Reported by 7 rule engines (Alfa + ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
- Results: 471 violations, 148 violators
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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 4 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + Pour)
- Results: 43 violations, 30 violators
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label location dubious
- Why it matters: User may fail to notice the explanation of an item in a form
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.3.2
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint + QualWeb)
- Results: 9 violations, 9 violators
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element referenced by multiple labels
- Why it matters: User cannot get reliable help on the topics of form items
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint + SureA11y)
- Results: 21 violations, 21 violators
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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 + Pour)
- Results: 24 violations, 20 violators
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button name not visible
- Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
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fieldset missing?
- Why it matters: User may be unable to get help recognizing a group of related form items
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 19 violations, 19 violators
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labeling risky
- Why it matters: User may misunderstand a form control
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.3.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 22 violations, 22 violators
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no default option
- Why it matters: User may risk erroneously submitting a form
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 5 violations, 5 violators
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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 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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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: 31 violations, 31 violators
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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
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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
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role assigned instead of implicit
- 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)
- Results: 47 violations, 47 violators
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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: 5 violations, 1 violator
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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: 21 violations, 21 violators
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