County News

Elected Officials

Decennial Census

County / Non-County Services

Departments

Error 404 - Page Not Found

Business Groups & Chambers of Commerce

Help Center

Municipal Assessors

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.

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August 2025

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Dutchess County, New York

	Title / URL	Issues
	County Newswww.dutchessny.gov/County-Government/County-News.htm	17
	Elected Officialswww.dutchessny.gov/elected-officials.htm	3
	Decennial Censuswww.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Planning/Census.htm	3
	County / Non-County Serviceswww.dutchessny.gov/County-Government/services.htm	3
	Departmentswww.dutchessny.gov/county-departments.htm	3
	Error 404 - Page Not Foundwww.dutchessny.gov/custom404.htm	3
	Business Groups & Chambers of Commercewww.dutchessny.gov/Business/chambers-of-commerce.htm	3
	Help Centerwww.dutchessny.gov/County-Government/help-center.htm	3
	Municipal Assessorswww.dutchessny.gov/Municipalities/assessors.htm	3
	Governmentwww.dutchessny.gov/County-Government/government.htm	3

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