I agree that the_hdk has subbed himself out, but ... his character is still on the player list.
And as he didn't vote yesterday or today we don't have any voting information of him.
IMO that makes him similar to a zombie (even if he announced that he wanted to be replaced).
I don't really know that you can hold hdk's hissy fit over Lite over his spot's head in this game. We can just wait another day for a villager to be lynched or hunted and then we could very well have an active player in his spot.