Accessibility Statement

Our target

We build Fast Elections against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, level AA. That's a target we test against ourselves, not a third-party certification — nobody has audited this site against WCAG and issued us a conformance report. We're telling you what we aim for and, honestly, where we currently fall short.

What's implemented

Keyboard operability. Every ballot control — picking one option, picking several, ranking, and yes/no/abstain motions — can be operated with Tab, Enter, and Space alone, with no mouse required. The full voter flow, from opening a ballot link through confirming and casting it, works keyboard-only.

ARIA roles on ballot controls. Selectable choice cards expose role="radio" or role="checkbox" (grouped under role="radiogroup" or role="group") so screen readers announce them as the controls they are, with aria-checked reflecting selection state.

Reduced motion. Every decorative animation — page reveals, hover transitions, entrance effects — is disabled site-wide for visitors whose system has "reduce motion" turned on (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce).

Visible focus indicators. Interactive elements across the marketing site, the signed-in app, and the ballot show a clear focus outline in brand navy or red when reached by keyboard, so keyboard users can always see where they are.

Semantic headings. Pages use a single top-level heading (h1) per page with nested h2/h3 section headings, so screen-reader users can navigate by heading structure.

Skip links. The first tab stop on the marketing site and the signed-in app is a "Skip to main content" link, letting keyboard users bypass repeated header navigation.

Known limitations

We have not run a screen-reader spot check with Windows Narrator, NVDA, JAWS, or VoiceOver against the ballot or the signed-in app end to end — our internal audit covered keyboard operability, focus management, labeling, and color contrast, but not a full assistive-technology pass. That's on our list, not done.

The ranked-choice ballot control (tap an option to add it to your ranking, reorder with ↑/↓ buttons) has not been screen-reader tested; its buttons are individually labeled but the overall reordering interaction may not be self-explanatory without sight.

Some data tables in the signed-in dashboard (the voter roster, results tables) are dense and have not been evaluated for screen-reader table navigation.

We have not tested against every combination of browser and assistive technology — our checks were run in one evergreen desktop browser.

Tell us about a barrier

If you hit an accessibility barrier anywhere on Fast Elections — as a voter, an organizer, or a visitor — email jason@fastelections.com with what page you were on and what happened. A person reads and answers that address, and accessibility issues are fixed with priority.