Census 2020 | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Moving to North Dakota | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Tribal Governments | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Working in ND | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Home | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Government | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

State Data Hub | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

State Government | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Safety | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

Tools & Resources | North Dakota State Government - ND Portal

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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State of North Dakota

Title / URL	Issues
Census 2020 \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/news-events/census-2020	10
Moving to North Dakota \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/working-nd/moving-north-dakota	10
Tribal Governments \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/government/tribal-governments	10
Working in ND \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/working-nd	10
Home \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/	10
Government \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/government	10
State Data Hub \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/statedatahub	10
State Government \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/government/state-government	10
Safety \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/living-nd/safety	10
Tools & Resources \| North Dakota State Government - ND Portalwww.nd.gov/working-nd/tools-resources	10

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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