Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in today's provincial by-elections in Vancouver–Mount Pleasant and Coquitlam–Burke Mountain.

The candidates in Vancouver–Mount Pleasant are: Gavin Dew (B.C. Liberal), Pete Fry (Green), Jeremy Gustafson (YPP), Bonnie Boya Hu (Libertarian), and Melanie Mark (NDP).

In Coquitlam–Burke Mountain, the candidates are: Paul Geddes (Libertarian), Joan Isaacs (B.C. Liberal), Joe Keithley (Green), and Jodie Wickens (NDP).

If anyone in those constituencies receives a call today from anyone claiming to be from Elections B.C., don't believe that the person on the other end of the line is telling the truth.

That's because provincial election regulator says on its website that it's "important for B.C. voters to know" that it does not use the telephone to communicate with voters.

In 2011, a Conservative claiming to be from Elections Canada called voters on election day to send them to the wrong polling location.

Under the provincial Elections Act, interfering with a person's right to vote carries a fine of up to $20,000 and a maximum prison sentence of up to two years.

Anyone who votes must prove their identity and residential address.

Option 1 involves showing one document issued by the B.C. or federal government that includes a photograph and residential address. This includes a driver's licence, a B.C. identification card, or a B.C. services card.

Option 2 involves presenting a certificate of Indian status from the federal government.

Option 3 involves presenting two documents together that show the voter's name and residential address. One must include the address and both must include the name.

Here are the locations of polling stations in Vancouver–Mount Pleasant:

• Ray Cam Co-operative Centre, 920 E Hasting St, Vancouver
• Admiral Seymour Elem School, 1130 Keefer St, Vancouver
• Lord Strathcona Elem School, 592 E Pender St, Vancouver
• Carnegie Comm Centre, 401 Main St, Vancouver
• Chinese Cultural Centre, 50 E Pender St, Vancouver
• Britannia Comm Centre-Gym D, 1661 Napier St, Vancouver
• Grandview Elem School, 2055 Woodland Dr, Vancouver
• Mount Pleasant Comm Centre, 1 Kingsway, Vancouver
• Mt. Pleasant Elem School, 2300 Guelph St, Vancouver
• Queen Alexandra Elem School, 1300 E Broadway, Vancouver
• Charles Dickens Elem School, 1010 E 17th Ave, Vancouver
• Tyee Elem School, 3525 Dumfries St, Vancouver
• Lord Selkirk Elem School, 1750 E 22nd Ave, Vancouver

Here are the locations of polling stations in Coquitlam–Burke Mountain:

• Hampton Park Elem School, 1760 Paddock Dr, Coquitlam
• Pinetree Way Elem School, 1420 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam
• Panorama Heights Elem School, 1455 Johnson St, Coquitlam
• Eagle Ridge Elem School, 1215 Falcon Dr, Coquitlam
• Leigh Elem School, 1230 Soball St, Coquitlam
• Nestor Elem School, 1266 Nestor St, Coquitlam
• Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam
• Walton Elem School, 2960 Walton Ave, Coquitlam
• Glen Elem School, 3064 Glen Dr, Coquitlam
• Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship, 1160 Lansdowne Dr, Coquitlam
• Coquitlam River Elem School, 4250 Shaughnessy St, Port Coquitlam