ubi-usersetup doesn't seem to be able to handle "special" characters

[Unusually Regular]

I was trying to make an account during the installation of Ubuntu with a password that included the section symbol (§), but this kept making ubi-usersetup crash with exit code 2. In addition, the change password window seems to have frozen after I tried to change my password (post-installation) to include the same character.

syslog: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B57u5uI4f4d-QVZweVNnZEhpdW8
partman: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B57u5uI4f4d-V0pYbHhmbVJmVjg

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-24.43-generic 4.4.10
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jun 13 20:20:31 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-14 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)