Accessibility Statement

Our Commitment

The development team behind the Georgia Lottery Retailer Licensing portal is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We continually work to improve the user experience for everyone and apply relevant accessibility standards throughout the design and development process.

This portal targets conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities, including visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive impairments.

Measures We Have Taken

The following measures have been applied to support accessibility across the portal:

• Colour contrast: All text and interactive elements meet or exceed WCAG AA contrast ratios. The GLC peach and green brand palette was selected and tuned specifically to achieve AA contrast on both light and dark backgrounds.
• Keyboard navigation: Every interactive element — links, buttons, form fields, accordion panels, and modal dialogs — is fully operable via keyboard alone. A visible focus ring is displayed on all focused elements.
• Screen reader support: The portal uses semantic HTML5 landmarks (main, nav, aside, footer), appropriate heading hierarchies (one h1 per page), and ARIA labels where native semantics are insufficient.
• Decorative imagery: All SVG icons and illustrations that are decorative are marked aria-hidden="true". Meaningful SVG graphics include a <title> element.
• Form accessibility: All form inputs have programmatically associated labels. Error messages are announced via aria-live regions and connected to their respective inputs via aria-describedby.
• Motion sensitivity:Animated elements (the news ticker, page transitions) respect the user'sprefers-reduced-motion media query. Users who have enabled reduced motion in their operating system settings will see static alternatives.
• Skip to content:A “Skip to main content” link is available as the first focusable element on every page, allowing keyboard users to bypass the navigation menu.

Testing

This prototype has been evaluated using the following tools and methods:

• Manual keyboard-only navigation testing in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
• Screen reader testing with NVDA (Windows) and VoiceOver (macOS/iOS).
• Colour contrast checked using the WebAIM Contrast Checker and browser DevTools colour picker.
• Automated axe-core scans integrated into the development workflow.

Known Limitations

As this is a prototype, some areas are still under active development. Known limitations include:

• The PDF generation module (T6) has not yet been fully audited for accessibility of generated documents.
• Complex data tables in the staff review dashboard (T8) will receive additional accessible markup in the production build.

Feedback & Contact

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of this portal. If you experience any accessibility barriers, or if you need assistance or an alternative format of any content, please contact us:

Formal Complaints

If you are not satisfied with our response, the U.S. Department of Justice, Disability Rights Section accepts complaints related to accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).