diff --git a/core/static/webpack/core/components/ajax-select-index.ts b/core/static/webpack/core/components/ajax-select-index.ts
index 37915f7a..1db8f8b8 100644
--- a/core/static/webpack/core/components/ajax-select-index.ts
+++ b/core/static/webpack/core/components/ajax-select-index.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@ import { type UserProfileSchema, userSearchUsers } from "#openapi";
 
 @registerComponent("autocomplete-select")
 class AutocompleteSelect extends inheritHtmlElement("select") {
-  static observedAttributes = ["delay", "placeholder", "max"];
+  static observedAttributes = [
+    "delay",
+    "placeholder",
+    "max",
+    "min-characters-for-search",
+  ];
   public widget: TomSelect;
 
-  private delay: number | null = null;
-  private placeholder = "";
-  private max: number | null = null;
+  protected minCharNumberForSearch = 0;
+  protected delay: number | null = null;
+  protected placeholder = "";
+  protected max: number | null = null;
 
   protected attributeChangedCallback(
     name: string,
@@ -38,26 +44,59 @@ class AutocompleteSelect extends inheritHtmlElement("select") {
         this.max = Number.parseInt(newValue) ?? null;
         break;
       }
+      case "min-characters-for-search": {
+        this.minCharNumberForSearch = Number.parseInt(newValue) ?? 0;
+        break;
+      }
       default: {
         return;
       }
     }
   }
 
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-
-    window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
-      this.widget = new TomSelect(this.node, this.tomSelectSettings());
-      this.attachBehaviors();
-    });
+  connectedCallback() {
+    super.connectedCallback();
+    // Collect all options nodes and put them into the select node
+    const options: Element[] = []; // We need to make a copy to delete while iterating
+    for (const child of this.children) {
+      if (child.tagName.toLowerCase() === "option") {
+        options.push(child);
+      }
+    }
+    for (const option of options) {
+      this.removeChild(option);
+      this.node.appendChild(option);
+    }
+    this.widget = new TomSelect(this.node, this.tomSelectSettings());
+    this.attachBehaviors();
   }
 
   protected tomSelectSettings(): RecursivePartial<TomSettings> {
     return {
-      maxItems: this.max,
+      maxItems: this.node.multiple ? this.max : 1,
       loadThrottle: this.delay,
       placeholder: this.placeholder,
+      shouldLoad: (query: string) => {
+        return query.length >= this.minCharNumberForSearch; // Avoid launching search with less than 2 characters
+      },
+      render: {
+        option: (item: TomOption, sanitize: typeof escape_html) => {
+          return `<div class="select-item">
+            <span class="select-item-text">${sanitize(item.text)}</span>
+          </div>`;
+        },
+        item: (item: TomOption, sanitize: typeof escape_html) => {
+          return `<span><i class="fa fa-times"></i>${sanitize(item.text)}</span>`;
+        },
+        // biome-ignore lint/style/useNamingConvention: that's how it's defined
+        not_loading: (data: TomOption, _sanitize: typeof escape_html) => {
+          return `<div class="no-results">${interpolate(gettext("You need to type %(number)s more characters"), { number: this.minCharNumberForSearch - data.input.length }, true)}</div>`;
+        },
+        // biome-ignore lint/style/useNamingConvention: that's how it's defined
+        no_results: (_data: TomOption, _sanitize: typeof escape_html) => {
+          return `<div class="no-results">${gettext("No results found")}</div>`;
+        },
+      },
     };
   }
 
@@ -76,23 +115,8 @@ class AutocompleteSelect extends inheritHtmlElement("select") {
 @registerComponent("user-ajax-select")
 export class UserAjaxSelect extends AutocompleteSelect {
   public filter?: <T>(items: T[]) => T[];
-  static observedAttributes = [
-    "min-characters-for-search",
-    ...AutocompleteSelect.observedAttributes,
-  ];
 
-  private minCharNumberForSearch = 2;
-
-  protected attributeChangedCallback(
-    name: string,
-    _oldValue?: string,
-    newValue?: string,
-  ) {
-    super.attributeChangedCallback(name, _oldValue, newValue);
-    if (name === "min-characters-for-search") {
-      this.minCharNumberForSearch = Number.parseInt(newValue) ?? 0;
-    }
-  }
+  protected minCharNumberForSearch = 2;
 
   protected tomSelectSettings(): RecursivePartial<TomSettings> {
     return {
@@ -103,9 +127,6 @@ export class UserAjaxSelect extends AutocompleteSelect {
       valueField: "id",
       labelField: "display_name",
       searchField: [], // Disable local search filter and rely on tested backend
-      shouldLoad: (query: string) => {
-        return query.length >= this.minCharNumberForSearch; // Avoid launching search with less than 2 characters
-      },
       load: (query: string, callback: TomLoadCallback) => {
         userSearchUsers({
           query: {
@@ -124,6 +145,7 @@ export class UserAjaxSelect extends AutocompleteSelect {
         });
       },
       render: {
+        ...super.tomSelectSettings().render,
         option: (item: UserProfileSchema, sanitize: typeof escape_html) => {
           return `<div class="select-item">
             <img
@@ -137,14 +159,6 @@ export class UserAjaxSelect extends AutocompleteSelect {
         item: (item: UserProfileSchema, sanitize: typeof escape_html) => {
           return `<span><i class="fa fa-times"></i>${sanitize(item.display_name)}</span>`;
         },
-        // biome-ignore lint/style/useNamingConvention: that's how it's defined
-        not_loading: (data: TomOption, _sanitize: typeof escape_html) => {
-          return `<div class="no-results">${interpolate(gettext("You need to type %(number)s more characters"), { number: this.minCharNumberForSearch - data.input.length }, true)}</div>`;
-        },
-        // biome-ignore lint/style/useNamingConvention: that's how it's defined
-        no_results: (_data: TomOption, _sanitize: typeof escape_html) => {
-          return `<div class="no-results">${gettext("No results found")}</div>`;
-        },
       },
     };
   }
diff --git a/core/static/webpack/easymde-index.ts b/core/static/webpack/core/components/easymde-index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from core/static/webpack/easymde-index.ts
rename to core/static/webpack/core/components/easymde-index.ts
diff --git a/core/templates/core/widgets/autocomplete_select.jinja b/core/templates/core/widgets/autocomplete_select.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19f1deae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/templates/core/widgets/autocomplete_select.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<script-once src="{{ statics.js }}" defer></script-once>
+{% for css in statics.csss %}
+  <link-once rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ css }}" defer></link-once>
+{% endfor %}
+
+<autocomplete-select name="{{ widget.name }}"{% include "django/forms/widgets/attrs.html" %}>{% for group_name, group_choices, group_index in widget.optgroups %}{% if group_name %}
+  <optgroup label="{{ group_name }}">{% endif %}{% for widget in group_choices %}
+    {% include widget.template_name %}{% endfor %}{% if group_name %}
+      </optgroup>{% endif %}{% endfor %}
+</autocomplete-select>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/views/forms.py b/core/views/forms.py
index 232c938b..228e4cfe 100644
--- a/core/views/forms.py
+++ b/core/views/forms.py
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ from django.forms import (
     CheckboxSelectMultiple,
     DateInput,
     DateTimeInput,
+    SelectMultiple,
     Textarea,
     TextInput,
 )
+from django.forms.widgets import Select
 from django.utils.translation import gettext
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from phonenumber_field.widgets import RegionalPhoneNumberWidget
@@ -72,12 +74,37 @@ class MarkdownInput(Textarea):
         context = super().get_context(name, value, attrs)
 
         context["statics"] = {
-            "js": staticfiles_storage.url("webpack/easymde-index.ts"),
-            "css": staticfiles_storage.url("webpack/easymde-index.css"),
+            "js": staticfiles_storage.url("webpack/core/components/easymde-index.ts"),
+            "css": staticfiles_storage.url("webpack/core/components/easymde-index.css"),
         }
         return context
 
 
+class AutoCompleteSelectMixin:
+    template_name = "core/widgets/autocomplete_select.jinja"
+
+    def get_context(self, name, value, attrs):
+        context = super().get_context(name, value, attrs)
+        context["statics"] = {
+            "js": staticfiles_storage.url(
+                "webpack/core/components/ajax-select-index.ts"
+            ),
+            "csss": [
+                staticfiles_storage.url(
+                    "webpack/core/components/ajax-select-index.css"
+                ),
+                staticfiles_storage.url("core/components/ajax-select.scss"),
+            ],
+        }
+        return context
+
+
+class AutoCompleteSelect(AutoCompleteSelectMixin, Select): ...
+
+
+class AutoCompleteSelectMultiple(AutoCompleteSelectMixin, SelectMultiple): ...
+
+
 class NFCTextInput(TextInput):
     template_name = "core/widgets/nfc.jinja"
 
diff --git a/election/views.py b/election/views.py
index 65aaf363..c24e044b 100644
--- a/election/views.py
+++ b/election/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from ajax_select import make_ajax_field
 from ajax_select.fields import AutoCompleteSelectField
 from django import forms
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
@@ -13,7 +12,11 @@ from django.views.generic import DetailView, ListView
 from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView, DeleteView, FormView, UpdateView
 
 from core.views import CanCreateMixin, CanEditMixin, CanViewMixin
-from core.views.forms import MarkdownInput, SelectDateTime
+from core.views.forms import (
+    AutoCompleteSelectMultiple,
+    MarkdownInput,
+    SelectDateTime,
+)
 from election.models import Candidature, Election, ElectionList, Role, Vote
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -146,23 +149,12 @@ class ElectionForm(forms.ModelForm):
             "vote_groups",
             "candidature_groups",
         ]
-
-    edit_groups = make_ajax_field(
-        Election, "edit_groups", "groups", help_text="", label=_("edit groups")
-    )
-    view_groups = make_ajax_field(
-        Election, "view_groups", "groups", help_text="", label=_("view groups")
-    )
-    vote_groups = make_ajax_field(
-        Election, "vote_groups", "groups", help_text="", label=_("vote groups")
-    )
-    candidature_groups = make_ajax_field(
-        Election,
-        "candidature_groups",
-        "groups",
-        help_text="",
-        label=_("candidature groups"),
-    )
+        widgets = {
+            "edit_groups": AutoCompleteSelectMultiple,
+            "view_groups": AutoCompleteSelectMultiple,
+            "vote_groups": AutoCompleteSelectMultiple,
+            "candidature_groups": AutoCompleteSelectMultiple,
+        }
 
     start_date = forms.DateTimeField(
         label=_("Start date"), widget=SelectDateTime, required=True