Kilotest: Violations of heading-like styles dubious 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 may be unable to understand the topic of a part of the page
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
• Violations: 8
• Violators: 8

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the heading-like styles dubious issue.

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• Element 933

  • Tag name: P
  • Text: What’s the latest news?
  • Start tag: <p class="splide__slide__title dc-text-title-s">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[1]/div[1]/p[1]
  • Bounding box: x = -2314, y = 1112, width = 289, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 944

  • Tag name: P
  • Text: Who contributes to politicians?
  • Start tag: <p class="splide__slide__title dc-text-title-s">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[2]/div[1]/p[1]
  • Bounding box: x = -1865, y = 1112, width = 289, height = 48
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 955

  • Tag name: P
  • Text: How do I get started?
  • Start tag: <p class="splide__slide__title dc-text-title-s">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[3]/div[1]/p[1]
  • Bounding box: x = -1415, y = 1112, width = 289, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 1224

  • Tag name: P
  • Text: Ballot Measures
  • Start tag: <p class="dc-text-title-s">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/a[1]/p[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 343, y = 2889, width = 351, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 1230

  • Tag name: P
  • Text: Dark Money Basics
  • Start tag: <p class="dc-text-title-s">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/a[2]/p[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 784, y = 2889, width = 351, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 1236

  • Tag name: P
  • Text: State Data
  • Start tag: <p class="dc-text-title-s">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/a[3]/p[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1226, y = 2889, width = 351, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 1242

  • Tag name: P
  • Text: Featured Data
  • Start tag: <p class="dc-text-title-s">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/a[4]/p[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 343, y = 3189, width = 572, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe
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• Element 1249

  • Tag name: P
  • Text: Reports
  • Start tag: <p class="dc-text-title-s">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/a[5]/p[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1005, y = 3189, width = 572, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe
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