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The house is built to WCAG 2.2 AA: full keyboard operation (J/K walk the rows, T opens the ticker, H holds the board), screen-reader announcements for re-seats and flashes, and reduced-motion equivalents for every animation. Priority is never conveyed by color alone — tier is always color plus label plus position. If any of this fails you, that is a bug; tell the desk.
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