State of Alaska

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Visitor, State of Alaska

Employee, State of Alaska

Resident, State of Alaska

Services Directory, State of Alaska

Commissioner's Contact Information, State of Alaska

Search, State of Alaska

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

Title / URL	Issues
State of Alaskawww.alaska.gov/	27
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.alaska.gov/	27
State of Alaskaalaska.gov/	27
Visitor, State of Alaskaalaska.gov/visitorHome.html	15
Visitor, State of Alaskawww.alaska.gov/visitorHome.html	15
Employee, State of Alaskaalaska.gov/employeeHome.html	14
Resident, State of Alaskaalaska.gov/residentHome.html	14
Services Directory, State of Alaskaalaska.gov/services1.html	14
Commissioner's Contact Information, State of Alaskaalaska.gov/commlist.html	14
Search, State of Alaskawww.alaska.gov/site_map.html	14

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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