Howard County: Recorder

Howard County: Circuit Court

Howard County: EMA

Howard County: Contact

Howard County: Juvenile Probation

Howard County: Treasurer

Howard County: Veteran Services

Howard County: Clerk

Howard County: Human Resources

Howard County: County Council

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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December 2025

November 2025

Howard County, Indiana

Title / URL	Issues
Howard County: Recorderwww.in.gov/counties/howard/departments/recorder/	8
Howard County: Circuit Courtwww.in.gov/counties/howard/departments/circuit-court/	6
Howard County: EMAwww.in.gov/counties/howard/departments/ema/	6
Howard County: Contactwww.in.gov/counties/howard/contact/	2
Howard County: Juvenile Probationwww.in.gov/counties/howard/departments/juvenile-probation/	2
Howard County: Treasurerwww.in.gov/counties/howard/departments/treasurer/	2
Howard County: Veteran Serviceswww.in.gov/counties/howard/departments/veteran-services/	2
Howard County: Clerkwww.in.gov/counties/howard/departments/clerk/	2
Howard County: Human Resourceswww.in.gov/counties/howard/departments/human-resources/	2
Howard County: County Councilwww.in.gov/counties/howard/departments/county-council/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Howard County, Indiana

Where this issue has occurred