Children Services

Victim Assistance

Erie County Municipal Court

Finance

Adult Probation

Clerk of the Board

Child Support

Erie County Ohio Recorder Nicholas J. Smith

Public Defender

Human Resources

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

February 2026

January 2026

Erie County, Ohio

	Title / URL	Issues
	Children Serviceswww.eriecounty.oh.gov/ChildrenServices.aspx	2
	Victim Assistancewww.eriecounty.oh.gov/VictimAssistance.aspx	2
	Erie County Municipal Courtwww.eriecounty.oh.gov/municipalcourt.aspx	2
	Financewww.eriecounty.oh.gov/finance_home.aspx	2
	Adult Probationwww.eriecounty.oh.gov/AdultProbation.aspx	2
	Clerk of the Boardwww.eriecounty.oh.gov/ClerkoftheBoard.aspx	2
	Child Supportwww.eriecounty.oh.gov/ChildSupport.aspx	2
	Erie County Ohio Recorder Nicholas J. Smithwww.eriecounty.oh.gov/recorder_home.aspx	2
	Public Defenderwww.eriecounty.oh.gov/PublicDefender.aspx	2
	Human Resourceswww.eriecounty.oh.gov/HumanResources.aspx	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Erie County, Ohio

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