First time visit: View without clicking anything

Welcome to Edgecombe County

Welcome to Edgecombe, NC

Employee Access Page

Visitors

Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office

Edgecombe County Earns Credit Rating Upgrade from Moody’s, Reflecting Strong Fiscal Management and Economic Growth

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

October 2025

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Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Title / URL	Issues
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.edgecombecountync.gov/	4
Welcome to Edgecombe Countywww.edgecombecountync.gov/	4
Welcome to Edgecombe Countywww.edgecombecountync.gov/index.php	4
Welcome to Edgecombe, NCwww.edgecombecountync.gov/how_do_i_(faq)/index.php	2
Employee Access Pagewww.edgecombecountync.gov/county_employee_page/index.php	2
Visitorswww.edgecombecountync.gov/visitors/index.php	2
Welcome to Edgecombe, NCwww.edgecombecountync.gov/alert_detail.php	2
Welcome to Edgecombe, NCwww.edgecombecountync.gov/visitors/municipalities.php	2
Edgecombe County Sheriff's Officewww.edgecombecountync.gov/departments/sheriff/index.php	2
Edgecombe County Earns Credit Rating Upgrade from Moody’s, Reflecting Strong Fiscal Management and Economic Growthwww.edgecombecountync.gov/news_detail_T5_R481.php	2

Ensure form controls have labels

Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Where this issue has occurred