Government / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

Natural Resources / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

Residents / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

Education / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

Voting & Elections / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

County Websites / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

Minnesota Members of Congress / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

Township Websites / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

Special Districts / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

Federal Government / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

a-duplicate-link-text-for-different-destinations

December 2025

November 2025

State of Minnesota

	Title / URL	Issues
	Government / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/government/	54
	Natural Resources / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/residents/natural-resources.jsp	53
	Residents / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/residents/	52
	Education / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/education/	51
	Voting & Elections / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/residents/voting.jsp	50
	County Websites / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/government/local/counties/	50
	Minnesota Members of Congress / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/government/federal/minnesota-delegation.jsp	50
	Township Websites / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/government/local/townships/	50
	Special Districts / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/government/local/special/	50
	Federal Government / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/government/federal/	50

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

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