BATON ROUGE — The elections division of the Louisiana Secretary of State's building off Essen Lane was evacuated after white powder was found in a package Tuesday morning, officials told WBRZ.

According to a spokesperson for the Secretary of State's office, the elections office received the package around 12:20 p.m. and was evacuated out of an abundance of caution. The building's air conditioning was also turned off. 

"We do not know what the substance is at this time, and there are no injuries at this time," officials said in a statement.

Officials are responding to investigate, the spokesperson added.

No other information is immediately available at this time.