On August 23, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his two predecessors, former Governors Gray Davis and Pete Wilson, held a joint press conference in Los Angeles. Their topic was a plea to the legislature to pass a proposed state constitutional amendment, setting up an independent commission to draw U.S. House and state legislative district boundaries. If the legislature passes such a proposal, then it would appear on the ballot for the voters to approve or disapprove it.

Governor Schwarzenegger also commented negatively on the proposed initiative to let each U.S. House district in California choose its own presidential elector. He said, “In principle, I don’t like to change the rules in the middle of the game.”