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When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

January 2026

December 2025

North Dakota State University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Homepage - Graduate Schoolwww.ndsu.edu/graduate-school	45
	College of Arts and Scienceswww.ndsu.edu/arts-sciences	44
	One Stopwww.ndsu.edu/onestop	43
	Admission \| Apply to NDSUwww.ndsu.edu/admission	41
	College of Businesswww.ndsu.edu/business	41
	College of Engineeringwww.ndsu.edu/engineering	39
	Study at NDSUwww.ndsu.edu/academics	34
	NDSU - North Dakota State Universitywww.ndsu.edu/	31
	Visit NDSUwww.ndsu.edu/visit	31
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ndsu.edu/	31

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

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