Accessibility Statement

LobbyVault is committed to making campaign-finance data accessible to as many people as possible, including people with disabilities. We strive to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA across the site.

What we do

We design new pages with accessibility in mind — keyboard navigation, semantic HTML, sufficient color contrast, and clear focus indicators.
Data tables include programmatic captions and column headers so screen readers can announce each cell in context (e.g., the donor, committee, or election cycle a number belongs to).
We run automated accessibility audits (axe-core and Pa11y) against the site on a regular cadence.
When we are made aware of an accessibility issue, we work to address it as part of our ongoing maintenance.

Working with our data tables

LobbyVault publishes hundreds of thousands of pages of FEC filings, donor records, committee profiles, and election-cycle summaries. Many of these views are dense, multi-column tables with rankings and dollar amounts.

Desktop is the easiest experience for the largest tables. Donor, committee, and contribution lists scroll horizontally on narrow screens. A wider viewport makes them easier to scan, and keyboard users can tab through cell links without needing to scroll.
Every table has a caption that names the dataset, even when it is visually hidden, so screen-reader users hear what the table contains before its rows are read.
Headers are announced per cell. Column headers use scope="col" so a value like $5,000is read as “Total — $5,000” rather than as a bare number.
Detail pages back every aggregate. If a table cell is hard to interpret, the row almost always links to an indexed detail page (candidate, committee, donor, contribution, etc.) where the same data is presented as labeled text.

What we cannot promise

Accessibility is an ongoing effort, not a finish line. Despite our best efforts:

FEC source data sometimes contains formatting quirks (all-caps names, abbreviated employer fields, missing addresses) that we display as filed. These are reproductions of the public record, not editorial choices.
Some interactive views — sortable tables, large data visualizations — are most usable on a desktop or tablet keyboard. We continue to improve their behavior on small screens and with assistive technologies.
New issues may be introduced when we add features or refresh data; our automated audits help catch these but are not exhaustive.

How to report a problem

If you encounter an accessibility barrier on LobbyVault, please let us know so we can fix it.

Email: privacy@lobbyvault.com
What to include: the page URL, the device and browser/assistive technology you were using, and a description of the issue (and, if you can, what you were trying to do when you ran into it).

We aim to respond to accessibility reports within a reasonable timeframe and work toward a resolution. Reporting an issue does not waive any rights.

Standards and approach

This site targets WCAG 2.1 Level AA. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines define how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities — including blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity, and combinations of these.

This statement was last reviewed on 2026-05-01.