State government · Maine
State of Maine
1,363,196 people · Deadline April 26, 2027 · maine.gov · 20 pages and a keyboard test, checked October 6, 2026
60out of 100
1critical barrier
Controls a resident can’t use at all. Any one keeps a site at Behind, whatever its score.
Compared
The 38 other state governments checked average 80.
Fixing the 1 critical barrier would raise this from 60 (Behind) to 65 (Behind).
See how it does today
Our latest check was on October 6, 2026, and the next is in January 2027. You can check maine.gov yourself now, free. You get a report of your own; this page changes at our next check.
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What we found
What is wrong and who it affects, most serious first.
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1
1 form field has no label, so a blind visitor’s screen reader can’t say what to enter, and voice-control users can’t name it.
- Screen readers
- Voice control
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336
336 list items sit outside a list, so screen readers may not announce them as part of one.
- Screen readers
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142
142 buttons or links are so small, or so close to others, that people with shaky hands may tap the wrong thing.
- Limited hand movement
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8
Text in 8 places is too faint against its background, so people with low vision, or anyone reading a phone in sunlight, may struggle to read it.
- Low vision
- Color blindness
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5
5 controls sit inside others, such as buttons inside links, so screen readers may skip some of them and keyboard users may not reach them.
- Screen readers
- Keyboard users
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3
3 lists are built incorrectly, so screen readers may not announce them as lists or say how many items they have.
- Screen readers
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2
2 images have no description, so a blind visitor’s screen reader says only “image” or reads out file names.
- Screen readers
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2
2 pages have to be scrolled sideways on a narrow phone screen, so people who enlarge text must scroll back and forth to read each line.
- Low vision
More in the full report
The full report is for the state’s own staff. It adds:
- The 20 pages we checked, by name
- Where each problem is, with a screenshot
- What needs to change, in the order to fix it
- A new check any day, once something is fixed
The keyboard test
We pressed Tab 87 times through the homepage, as someone who can’t use a mouse would. What it found is shown here and is not yet counted in the score.
- Passed: “Skip to content” works. Keyboard users can jump past the menu.
- Passed: Focus can be seen. Every control we reached shows where the keyboard is.
Questions about this page
Does this mean the state is breaking the law?
No. This is an automated check against WCAG 2.1 AA, the standard the ADA Title II rule sets for state and local governments. Automated checks find many problems but not all, and only a full review can say whether a site meets the rule.
How often is this page updated?
Every three months, in January, April, July and October. Once its staff claim this page, they can also scan the site again, once a day; the new result shows here like our regular check, marked as checked at their request. The date at the top shows the latest check, and the score can go up as problems are fixed.
How can the state respond?
Staff with an email address ending in @maine.gov can claim this page to set its status for residents, see where each problem is, and scan the site again. Think a result is wrong? Tell us and we will check it again.
Work for the State of Maine?
Claim this page to see where each problem is and what needs to change, set its status for residents, and scan again any day.