Kilotest: Violations of small targets too near to each other 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 reliably choose an item to click or tap
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 2.5.8
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 7
• Violators: 7

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the small targets too near to each other issue.

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• Element 62

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Skip to Navigation
  • Start tag: <a href="#nav#sticky-nav">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/ul[1]/li[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 885, y = -200, width = 150, height = 43
  • Reported by Testaro
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• Element 64

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Skip to Main Content
  • Start tag: <a href="#main">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/ul[1]/li[2]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 876, y = -200, width = 168, height = 43
  • Reported by Testaro
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• Element 66

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Skip to Footer
  • Start tag: <a href="#footer">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/ul[1]/li[3]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 899, y = -200, width = 122, height = 43
  • Reported by Testaro
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• Element 1903

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Privacy Policy
  • Start tag: <a href="/about/policy" class="Footer-link">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[5]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 515, y = 8518, width = 164, height = 18
  • Reported by Testaro
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• Element 1904

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Terms & Conditions
  • Start tag: <a href="/about/terms-and-conditions" class="Footer-link">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[5]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/a[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 515, y = 8544, width = 164, height = 18
  • Reported by Testaro
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• Element 1905

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Contact Us
  • Start tag: <a href="/about/contact" class="Footer-link">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[5]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/a[3]
  • Bounding box: x = 515, y = 8570, width = 164, height = 18
  • Reported by Testaro
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• Element 1906

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Financial Information
  • Start tag: <a href="/about/financial" class="Footer-link">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[5]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/a[4]
  • Bounding box: x = 515, y = 8595, width = 164, height = 18
  • Reported by Testaro
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