Law enforcement responded Friday to a report of a suspicious package delivered to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office at the state Capitol complex in St. Paul.

Staff evacuated the office while authorities investigated, according to a news release from the Secretary of State’s office. The FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Minnesota State Patrol responded to the incident. No one was injured.

The package was addressed to the office and had the return address of “United States Traitor Elimination Army.”

Similar packages have been delivered to secretaries of state in 15 other states, the Associated Press reported. Some of the packages contained an “unknown substance.”

Last week, offices in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wyoming received packages.

The Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing state elections, and the scare comes one week into early voting for the 2024 election.

“Threatening election officials is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. Our democracy depends on public servants who must be able to perform their duties free from fear, intimidation, or harassment,” Secretary of State Steve Simon said in a news release.

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