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I've just been looking at this very issue this morning. It appears the user (who presses the button) must have a Google profile to use it. Obviously they are emulating Facebook's "like" button, but I'm not convinced this would actually affect serps.
Perhaps not yet, but I think if they do feel they are getting quality signals from the +1 button they'll work it in with the hundreds of other algo factors.