Building Department - Oceana County Michigan

Land Bank Authority - Oceana County Michigan

Human Resources - Oceana County Michigan

County Clerk - Oceana County Michigan

Boards & Commissions - Oceana County Michigan

Dog Licenses - Oceana County Michigan

Public Notices Archives - Oceana County Michigan

County Administrator - Oceana County Michigan

Marriage Licenses - Oceana County Michigan

Online Services - Oceana County Michigan

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

Oceana County, Michigan

Title / URL	Issues
Building Department - Oceana County Michiganoceana.mi.us/departments/building-department/	1
Land Bank Authority - Oceana County Michiganoceana.mi.us/departments/treasurer/land-bank-authority/	1
Human Resources - Oceana County Michiganoceana.mi.us/departments/administrator/human-resources/	1
County Clerk - Oceana County Michiganoceana.mi.us/departments/county-clerk/	1
Boards & Commissions - Oceana County Michiganoceana.mi.us/government/boards-commissions/	1
Dog Licenses - Oceana County Michiganoceana.mi.us/departments/treasurer/dog-licenses/	1
Public Notices Archives - Oceana County Michiganoceana.mi.us/category/county-news/public-notices/	1
County Administrator - Oceana County Michiganoceana.mi.us/departments/administrator/	1
Marriage Licenses - Oceana County Michiganoceana.mi.us/departments/county-clerk/marriage-licenses/	1
Online Services - Oceana County Michiganoceana.mi.us/government/online-services/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Oceana County, Michigan

Where this issue has occurred