County · Virginia
Essex County
10,599 people · Deadline April 26, 2028 · essexva.gov · 20 pages and a keyboard test, checked October 6, 2026
80out of 100
0critical barriers
The automated checks found no control a resident can’t use at all.
Compared
Virginia counties of 10,000 to 19,999 people average 66.
See how it does today
Our latest check was on October 6, 2026, and the next is in January 2027. You can check essexva.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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32
Text in 32 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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23
23 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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3
3 parts of the page carry details for screen readers under misspelled or made-up names, so screen readers ignore them.
- Screen readers
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2
2 parts of the page are hidden from screen readers but can still be reached with the Tab key, so a blind visitor lands on things their screen reader won’t describe.
- Screen readers
- Keyboard users
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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 county’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 95 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 county 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 county respond?
Staff with an email address ending in @essexva.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 Essex County?
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Towns in Essex County
- Town of TappahannockAlmost ready