The blockquotes in section 2.6 have a problem with the attribution elements, because the css sets their position to absolute and causes them to overlay over the next element (blockquotes and following paragraph).
The selector for footeris defined once in main.css#L18 and a search for 'footer' results in only that css definition and the footer elements in blockquotes. There is no other use of footer elements.
The selector was introduced by 007d2e4, given the commit message of "new site template" it likely is intended to support some kind of site-wide footer instead of the specific usage here.
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