ORDINANCES

Colfax County DWI/UAD Prevention Program

Colfax County Clerk

Colfax County Departments

Colfax County Services

Jury Duty in Colfax County

Colfax County Probate Judge

Welcome to Colfax County

Online Payments

Government

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

March 2025

February 2025

Colfax County, New Mexico

Title / URL	Issues
ORDINANCESwww.co.colfax.nm.us/government/ordinances_new.php	1
Colfax County DWI/UAD Prevention Programwww.co.colfax.nm.us/services/dwi_program.php	1
Colfax County Clerkwww.co.colfax.nm.us/government/county_clerk.php	1
Colfax County Departmentswww.co.colfax.nm.us/government/departments.php	1
Colfax County Serviceswww.co.colfax.nm.us/services/index.php	1
Jury Duty in Colfax Countywww.co.colfax.nm.us/government/jury_duty.php	1
Colfax County Probate Judgewww.co.colfax.nm.us/government/probate_judge.php	1
Welcome to Colfax Countywww.co.colfax.nm.us/government/lodgers_tax.php	1
Online Paymentswww.co.colfax.nm.us/services/online_payments.php	1
Governmentwww.co.colfax.nm.us/government/index.php	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Colfax County, New Mexico

Where this issue has occurred