Clerk of the Board

Sheriff Sales

Probate Court

Erie County Municipal Court

Finance

Adult Probation

Record Search/Online Payments

Erie County Ohio Recorder Ellen Olsen

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

January 2025

December 2024

Erie County, Ohio

Title / URL	Issues
Clerk of the Boardwww.eriecounty.oh.gov/ClerkoftheBoard.aspx	2
Sheriff Saleswww.eriecounty.oh.gov/Foreclosures.aspx	2
Probate Courtwww.eriecounty.oh.gov/ProbateCourt.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
Record Search/Online Paymentswww.eriecounty.oh.gov/RecordSearch.aspx	2
Erie County Ohio Recorder Ellen Olsenwww.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

Where this issue has occurred