diff --git a/core/templates/core/widgets/autocomplete_select.jinja b/core/templates/core/widgets/autocomplete_select.jinja
index 19f1deae..30bc7eb5 100644
--- a/core/templates/core/widgets/autocomplete_select.jinja
+++ b/core/templates/core/widgets/autocomplete_select.jinja
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <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 %}
+<{{ component }} 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
+</{{ component }}>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/views/forms.py b/core/views/forms.py
index 228e4cfe..9c34a003 100644
--- a/core/views/forms.py
+++ b/core/views/forms.py
@@ -81,10 +81,19 @@ class MarkdownInput(Textarea):
 
 
 class AutoCompleteSelectMixin:
+    component_name = "autocomplete-select"
     template_name = "core/widgets/autocomplete_select.jinja"
+    is_ajax = False
+
+    def optgroups(self, name, value, attrs=None):
+        """Don't create option groups when doing ajax"""
+        if self.is_ajax:
+            return []
+        return super().optgroups(name, value, attrs=attrs)
 
     def get_context(self, name, value, attrs):
         context = super().get_context(name, value, attrs)
+        context["component"] = self.component_name
         context["statics"] = {
             "js": staticfiles_storage.url(
                 "webpack/core/components/ajax-select-index.ts"
@@ -105,6 +114,16 @@ class AutoCompleteSelect(AutoCompleteSelectMixin, Select): ...
 class AutoCompleteSelectMultiple(AutoCompleteSelectMixin, SelectMultiple): ...
 
 
+class AutoCompleteSelectUser(AutoCompleteSelectMixin, Select):
+    component_name = "user-ajax-select"
+    is_ajax = True
+
+
+class AutoCompleteSelectMultipleUser(AutoCompleteSelectMixin, SelectMultiple):
+    component_name = "user-ajax-select"
+    is_ajax = True
+
+
 class NFCTextInput(TextInput):
     template_name = "core/widgets/nfc.jinja"
 
diff --git a/election/views.py b/election/views.py
index c24e044b..4280680a 100644
--- a/election/views.py
+++ b/election/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from ajax_select.fields import AutoCompleteSelectField
 from django import forms
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.db import transaction
@@ -13,7 +12,9 @@ from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView, DeleteView, FormView, UpdateVi
 
 from core.views import CanCreateMixin, CanEditMixin, CanViewMixin
 from core.views.forms import (
+    AutoCompleteSelect,
     AutoCompleteSelectMultiple,
+    AutoCompleteSelectUser,
     MarkdownInput,
     SelectDateTime,
 )
@@ -54,11 +55,15 @@ class CandidateForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = Candidature
         fields = ["user", "role", "program", "election_list"]
-        widgets = {"program": MarkdownInput}
-
-    user = AutoCompleteSelectField(
-        "users", label=_("User to candidate"), help_text=None, required=True
-    )
+        labels = {
+            "user": _("User to candidate"),
+        }
+        widgets = {
+            "program": MarkdownInput,
+            "user": AutoCompleteSelectUser,
+            "role": AutoCompleteSelect,
+            "election_list": AutoCompleteSelect,
+        }
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         election_id = kwargs.pop("election_id", None)
@@ -100,6 +105,7 @@ class RoleForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = Role
         fields = ["title", "election", "description", "max_choice"]
+        widgets = {"election": AutoCompleteSelect}
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         election_id = kwargs.pop("election_id", None)
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ class ElectionListForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = ElectionList
         fields = ("title", "election")
+        widgets = {"election": AutoCompleteSelect}
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         election_id = kwargs.pop("election_id", None)
@@ -320,6 +327,7 @@ class CandidatureCreateView(CanCreateMixin, CreateView):
         """Verify that the selected user is in candidate group."""
         obj = form.instance
         obj.election = Election.objects.get(id=self.election.id)
+        obj.user = obj.user if hasattr(obj, "user") else self.request.user
         if (obj.election.can_candidate(obj.user)) and (
             obj.user == self.request.user or self.can_edit
         ):