News Releases | Guilford County

Board of Elections | Guilford County

Upcoming Events | Guilford County

Register of Deeds | Guilford County

I Want To... | Guilford County

Vital Records | Guilford County

My Property | Guilford County

Government | Guilford County

Working | Guilford County

Parks | Guilford County

Links must be defined in a specific way to be accessed by screen readers, which are used by 
blind and the partially-sighted.

To work with accessibility technologies, links must contain both machine-readable text, and 
a `href` attribute. If a link is not actually
pointing to a page or part of a page, it should be replaced with another semantic element, such
as a `button`, or the `<a>` tag should have a role of `button`. 

For example:

```html
<a href="/about">About us</a>
```

If the link contains _nothing but an image_, that image should specify alternative text, e.g.

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="Apple">
</a>
```

Before HTML5, an anchor was often used to create a target to link to, e.g.

```html
<a name="example"></a>
```

This is not supported in HTML5, and the use of anchors for targets is discouraged. Use an `id`
attribute on a non-anchor tag instead, e.g.

```html
<div id="example"> ... </div>
```

Empty links (e.g. `<a></a>`) are often incorrectly used for buttons or controls in a
JavaScript application. In these cases, you should usually define the link as having a more appropriate
role, e.g. as a button. To do this, use the `role` attribute (e.g `<a role="button">`), or replace 
the `<a>` tag with a more appropriate tag, such as `<button>`.

For more details, see [Technique H91](https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20161007/H91)
and learn about [ARIA roles](https://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-use-aria-effectively-with-html5/).

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August 2025

July 2025

Guilford County, North Carolina

	Title / URL	Issues
	News Releases \| Guilford Countywww.guilfordcountync.gov/news	11
	Board of Elections \| Guilford Countywww.guilfordcountync.gov/government/board-elections	5
	Upcoming Events \| Guilford Countywww.guilfordcountync.gov/events-page	5
	Register of Deeds \| Guilford Countywww.guilfordcountync.gov/government/register-deeds	5
	I Want To... \| Guilford Countywww.guilfordcountync.gov/i-want	5
	Vital Records \| Guilford Countywww.guilfordcountync.gov/government/register-deeds/vital-records	5
	My Property \| Guilford Countywww.guilfordcountync.gov/my-property	5
	Government \| Guilford Countywww.guilfordcountync.gov/government	5
	Working \| Guilford Countywww.guilfordcountync.gov/working	5
	Parks \| Guilford Countywww.guilfordcountync.gov/government/departments-and-agencies/parks	5

Ensure links can be used by screen readers

Guilford County, North Carolina

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