Accessibility

Iowa Funnel should work for everyone, including people who use a screen reader, a keyboard, zoom or high contrast. We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA.

Display settings

These stay in this browser. Iowa Funnel doesn’t save them anywhere else.

Light and dark mode is the moon or sun button at the top of each page. If you’ve set your device to high contrast or reduced motion, Iowa Funnel follows it.

What we’ve done

• A “Skip to main content” link is the first thing the Tab key reaches.
• Every link, button and menu works with a keyboard, and shows where you are with a clear outline. Escape closes menus, popups and the tour.
• Pages use headings, landmarks and labeled form fields, so screen readers can move around them.
• Charts name each value for screen readers, and most have a “Show the numbers” table. Colors in a chart are also named in words.
• Highlighted terms show their meaning when you tab to them, and screen readers read it out.
• We check text and controls for contrast in light and dark mode.

What still falls short

• Maps of districts and counties are hard to use without a mouse. The same places and numbers are in a list or table next to each map.
• Official documents we link to, like bill text and agenda PDFs, come from the government and may not be accessible.

Fixes we make to what the site shows go in the corrections log.