Town · Washington County, Maryland
Town of Smithsburg
2,996 people · Deadline April 26, 2028 · townofsmithsburg.org · 20 pages and a keyboard test, checked November 2, 2026
79out of 100
3critical barriers
Controls a resident can’t use at all. Any one keeps a site at Behind, whatever its score.
Compared
Maryland towns of 2,000 to 4,999 people average 67.
Fixing the 3 critical barriers would raise this from 79 (Behind) to 95 (Almost ready).
See how it does today
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What we found
What is wrong and who it affects, most serious first.
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3 form fields have no label, so a blind visitor’s screen reader can’t say what to enter, and voice-control users can’t name them.
- Screen readers
- Voice control
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1
1 button has no name, so a blind visitor’s screen reader says just “button”, with no clue to what it does.
- Screen readers
- Voice control
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4
Text in 4 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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1
On 1 page, pressing Tab gets stuck on one control, so someone using a keyboard instead of a mouse can’t reach the rest of the page.
- Keyboard users
- Screen readers
More in the full report
The full report is for the town’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 17 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.
- Problem: Focus gets stuck. Pressing Tab stops on one control, so keyboard users can’t reach the rest of the homepage.
- 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 town 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 town respond?
Staff with an email address ending in @townofsmithsburg.org 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 Town of Smithsburg?
Claim this page to see where each problem is and what needs to change, set its status for residents, and scan again any day.