CSC has a few basic "pillars" on which it is based:
The people will be able to wield indirect and direct influence over the SOEs. Just like the regular democratic lifecyle in Switzerland this allows elected specialists to take decisions, but allows for a veto against these decisions if the people deem it necessary.
Indirect influence is wielded by way of parliament (the Bundesversammlung). The parliament is elected for a 4 year mandate as in all representative democracies. This allows citizens to choose lawmakers who both align with their opinions, and have gained the trust of the citizens to make competent decisions. Parliament is generally considered to be the voice of the people and we therefore consider this to be the indirect influence component.
Direct influence will be exercised with a two-pronged voting system. The most important is the handbrake-mechanism which allows citizens to overrule
an appointment by the government (for example if corruption or incompetence are suspected). Then there is the proposition-mechanism, in which a candidate can be put forward and
elected directly by the citizens.
This system is very similar to the already implemented semi-direct democracy system (the referendums and initiatives are more or less the equivalents). This system will keep a democratic,
hard safeguard for the people while aiming to avoid saturating the national vote which may tire the voters and thereby reduce participation (which we think is ultimately harmful to democracy).
Transitioning to an Australian-style obligatory vote is certainly something to be considered, but outside of the scope of CSC.