Departments

Jefferson County, WI

Elections

Administration

Marriage License

Frequently Asked Questions

Intent to Harvest

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 2026

December 2025

Jefferson County, Wisconsin

	Title / URL	Issues
	Departmentswww.jeffersoncountywi.gov/departments.php	6
	Jefferson County, WIwww.jeffersoncountywi.gov/health_department/index.php	6
	Electionswww.jeffersoncountywi.gov/county_clerk/elections/index.php	6
	Jefferson County, WIwww.jeffersoncountywi.gov/county_treasurer/local_treasurers.php	6
	Administrationwww.jeffersoncountywi.gov/administration/index.php	6
	Jefferson County, WIwww.jeffersoncountywi.gov/child_support/index.php	6
	Marriage Licensewww.jeffersoncountywi.gov/county_clerk/marriage_license.php	6
	Jefferson County, WIwww.jeffersoncountywi.gov/	6
	Frequently Asked Questionswww.jeffersoncountywi.gov/child_support/faq/index.php	6
	Intent to Harvestwww.jeffersoncountywi.gov/county_clerk/intent_to_harvest.php	6

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Where this issue has occurred