County · Virginia
Stafford County
156,937 people · Deadline April 26, 2027 · staffordcountyva.gov · 20 pages and a keyboard test, checked October 6, 2026
57out of 100
2critical barriers
Controls a resident can’t use at all. Any one keeps a site at Behind, whatever its score.
Compared
Virginia counties of 100,000 to 249,999 people average 78.
Fixing the 2 critical barriers would raise this from 57 (Behind) to 63 (Behind).
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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2
2 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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172
Text in 172 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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4
4 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
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3
3 controls show no sign when a keyboard user moves to them, so they can’t tell where they are on the page.
- Keyboard users
- Low vision
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3
3 embedded sections, such as maps, videos or forms from other sites, have no title, so a blind visitor’s screen reader can’t say what they are.
- 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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1
1 link has no name, so a blind visitor’s screen reader says just “link”, with no clue to where it goes.
- Screen readers
- Voice control
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1
1 drop-down list has no label, so a blind visitor’s screen reader can’t say what it is for.
- Screen readers
- Voice control
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1
1 box of scrolling content can’t be scrolled with the keyboard, so people who don’t use a mouse can’t read all of it.
- Keyboard users
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1
1 page stops visitors zooming in on a phone, so people with low vision can’t enlarge the text to read it.
- 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 83 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.
- Problem: 1 control shows no sign of focus. Keyboard users may not be able to tell where they are.
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 @staffordcountyva.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.
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