Council Members | City of Port Lincoln

Service & Facilities | City of Port Lincoln

Council Committees | City of Port Lincoln

Cemeteries | City of Port Lincoln

Council | City of Port Lincoln

Council and Committee Meetings | City of Port Lincoln

Executive Management | City of Port Lincoln

Minutes & Agendas | City of Port Lincoln

Council Elections | City of Port Lincoln

City of Port Lincoln | City of Port Lincoln

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.

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City of Port Lincoln

Title / URL	Issues
Council Members \| City of Port Lincolnwww.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/council/elected-members	24
Service & Facilities \| City of Port Lincolnwww.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/service-and-facilities	23
Council Committees \| City of Port Lincolnwww.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/council/meetings/council-committees	23
Cemeteries \| City of Port Lincolnwww.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/service-and-facilities/cemeteries	23
Council \| City of Port Lincolnwww.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/council	23
Council and Committee Meetings \| City of Port Lincolnwww.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/council/meetings	23
Executive Management \| City of Port Lincolnwww.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/council/senior-management-team	23
Minutes & Agendas \| City of Port Lincolnwww.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/council/minutes-and-agendas	23
Council Elections \| City of Port Lincolnwww.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/council/council-elections-2022	23
City of Port Lincoln \| City of Port Lincolnwww.portlincoln.sa.gov.au/	23

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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Where this issue has occurred