from the threads last night, I am still not sure if the reported "8 vote win" includes these ballots, which were initially disqualified because there was no matching registration in the computer - but the Dems managed to find paper registriations (not entered into the computer) that matched those ballots.
but these ballots are allowed now, but I still do not know that for the counts being reported, these ballots provide the margin of victory.
The way I understood last night's news is that gregoire was up by 8 votes without counting the ~ 700 votes.