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

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

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

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

Public Safety / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

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

Consumer & Financial / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portal

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

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

City Websites / 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

November 2025

October 2025

State of Minnesota

	Title / URL	Issues
	Natural Resources / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/residents/natural-resources.jsp	22
	Legal / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/residents/legal.jsp	19
	Voting & Elections / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/residents/voting.jsp	19
	Travel / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/travel/	18
	Public Safety / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/residents/public-safety.jsp	18
	Local Government Associations / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/government/local/associations/	18
	Consumer & Financial / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/residents/financial.jsp	18
	Minnesota Members of Congress / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/government/federal/minnesota-delegation.jsp	18
	County Websites / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/government/local/counties/	18
	City Websites / mn.gov // Minnesota's State Portalmn.gov/portal/government/local/cities/	18

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

State of Minnesota

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