Accessibility
Civic records belong to everyone, including people who use screen readers, keyboards, magnification or a phone. This page describes how Purple Voice is built, what does not work well yet, and how to report a barrier.
Civic records belong to everyone, including people who use screen readers, keyboards, magnification or a phone. This page describes how Purple Voice is built, what does not work well yet, and how to report a barrier.
The record stays readable by people and by assistive technology.
Votes, bills and member records are published as text and HTML tables rather than images, so screen readers can read them and browsers can resize them.
Pages use one main heading and nested section headings, so assistive technology can move through them by section.
Images are uploaded with descriptive alternative text. Member photos carry the member’s name.
Each record links to its official source, so the original document is available in the format the issuing agency publishes.
Kept current as issues are found and fixed.
Wide tables on phones. Some data tables, including campaign finance and stock trade tables, do not fit a phone screen.
Zoom on mobile. Pinch-to-zoom is currently disabled.
Touch targets. Some small links and filter buttons are below the recommended touch size.
Video captions. Videos on the Purple Voice YouTube channel may not have captions.
Send the page link and a short description of what went wrong. If you use assistive technology, include which one and the browser. If you need information from the site in another format, ask the same way.