Kilotest: Violations of presentation element has child 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: Keyboard-only user cannot reach an item intended to be reachable
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 4
• Violators: 4

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the presentation element has child issue.

• Element 1682

  • Tag name: UL
  • Text: "Websites such as OpenSecrets.org publish a torrent of data showing how much American companies, industries and interest groups spend on lobbying and electioneering. The trend is relentlessly upward." … Sean Trende
  • Start tag: <ul class="splide__list" id="carousel_testimonial-list" role="presentation" style="transform: translateX(-2046px);">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[10]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]
  • Bounding box: x = -1736, y = 7017, width = 1300, height = 339
  • Reported by HTML CodeSniffer
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 929

  • Tag name: UL
  • Text: What’s the latest news? … Explore contributions
  • Start tag: <ul class="splide__list" id="carousel_quick_links-list" role="presentation" style="transform: translateX(-2695.96875px);">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]
  • Bounding box: x = -2386, y = 1072, width = 1300, height = 464
  • Reported by HTML CodeSniffer
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 1150

  • Tag name: UL
  • Text: 2026 Election | September 29, 2026 … Despite $18 million push, DeSantis-backed property tax amendment faces uphill battle
  • Start tag: <ul class="splide__list" id="carousel_news-list" role="presentation" style="transform: translateX(-2696px);">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]
  • Bounding box: x = -2386, y = 2074, width = 1300, height = 392
  • Reported by HTML CodeSniffer
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 1307

  • Tag name: UL
  • Text: Custom Data & Licensing … Learn More
  • Start tag: <ul class="splide__list" id="carousel_partners-list" role="presentation" style="transform: translateX(0px);">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[5]/div[1]/div[1]/div[5]/div[1]/ul[1]
  • Bounding box: [not obtained]
  • Reported by HTML CodeSniffer
  • What diagnoses were reported?