Kilotest: Violations of links not grouped as nav issue for 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
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help identifying links as a navigation tool
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the links not grouped as nav issue.

• Element 1151

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: 2026 Election | September 29, 2026 … Redboxing: The loophole that lets campaigns tell super PACs exactly what to do
  • Start tag: <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/09/redboxing-the-loophole-that-lets-campaigns-tell-super-pacs-exactly-what-to-do/" class="splide__slide splide__slide--clone" style="background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 27.86%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)) center center / cover, linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 100%), url(&quot;https://cdn1.opensecrets.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/29164509/Redbox-example.png&quot;); margin-right: 3rem; width: calc(50% - 1.5rem);" id="carousel_news-clone01" role="tabpanel" aria-roledescription="slide" aria-label="3 of 6" aria-hidden="true">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = -2386, y = 2094, width = 626, height = 352
  • Reported by QualWeb
  • What diagnoses were reported?