US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter Eagerly Waiting for Election Results After Voting Early

US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter says he has already cast a ballot ahead of the much-anticipated American presidential election on November 3rd.

McCarter joins over 80 million American citizens who have so far participated in early voting ahead of Tuesday’s duel between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

On Friday, Amb. McCarter told a local news outlet that he voted for his favorite candidate through a mailed-in ballot four weeks ago at the US Embassy in Nairobi and the ballot has since been received in Illinois and will be opened on the election day. 

"All mail-in ballots have to be postmarked by November 3 which we can do at the embassy. I sent mine four weeks ago. It has been received in IL and will be opened on election day," he said.

"I have been in nine elections. Won six lost three. Waiting for the results on election day is a very strange feeling. This one is no different for me," he added.

McCarter said the embassy was open for US nationals to cast their ballots but did not have the actual number of those who voted.

A tally on Thursday by the US Elections Project at the University of Florida showed that more than 80 million people have cast a ballot ahead of Election Day. 

This is the highest participation rate in over a century and more than 58 percent of the total 2016 turnout.