Accessibility: Language switcher link needs language declaration for the link text (Español/English)

[iamjolly]

Issue:

When content on the page is presented in a language other than the page's language, the different language part must be specified. Per the WCAG 3.1.2 Language of Parts (Level AA) Understanding document,

Both assistive technologies and conventional user agents can render text more accurately if the language of each passage of text is identified. Screen readers can use the pronunciation rules of the language of the text.

Code location:

vote-gov/layouts/partials/language-switcher.html

Line 8 in 99ada31

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Recommended fix:

Apply lang="es" or lang="en" to the anchor (<a>) element within the language switcher partial to correctly identify the language of link text. This can be set dynamically from the language information (lang parameter) within config.toml file.

[iamjolly]

This looks to be fixed now @sinchagrenchik. Thank you! 🇺🇸