Yeah I agree that with all the items it gets confusing, but as I understand it, actually Ceric was killed by and item and not the vote, so was able to make a hit.
Kind of funny that I hit Ceric with the anvil at the same time that someone else hit him with the sword. If anyone should be upset I would think it would be Ceric since all he really did was vote for me and got so much targeted hate. Guess that should serve as a warning to people who want to vote me out day one in the future (scarcasm)!
(edit, nevermind see above)