Recreation | Ascension Parish Government

Finance | Ascension Parish Government

Citizen Service Center | Ascension Parish Government

Contractor Licensing | Ascension Parish Government

Health Unit | Ascension Parish Government

Mosquito Control | Ascension Parish Government

Grants | Ascension Parish Government

Maintenance | Ascension Parish Government

Inspections | Ascension Parish Government

Purchasing | Ascension Parish Government

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

May 2025

April 2025

Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Title / URL	Issues
Recreation \| Ascension Parish Governmentwww.ascensionparish.net/recreation/	2
Finance \| Ascension Parish Governmentwww.ascensionparish.net/departments/finance/	2
Citizen Service Center \| Ascension Parish Governmentwww.ascensionparish.net/citizen-service-center/	2
Contractor Licensing \| Ascension Parish Governmentwww.ascensionparish.net/contractor-licensing/	2
Health Unit \| Ascension Parish Governmentwww.ascensionparish.net/health-unit/	2
Mosquito Control \| Ascension Parish Governmentwww.ascensionparish.net/mosquito-control/	2
Grants \| Ascension Parish Governmentwww.ascensionparish.net/grants/	2
Maintenance \| Ascension Parish Governmentwww.ascensionparish.net/maintenance/	2
Inspections \| Ascension Parish Governmentwww.ascensionparish.net/inspections/	2
Purchasing \| Ascension Parish Governmentwww.ascensionparish.net/departments/purchasing/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Where this issue has occurred