The Maine Beacon has this op-ed, criticizing the Maine Secretary of State for refusing to extend the same relief to the Green Party that a federal court already extended to the Libertarian Party. Thanks to Fairvote for the link. The op-ed is by Sam Pfeifle.
If candidates ran as individuals there would no need for relief.
I didn’t understand the ratios for representative vs. governor. There are presumably about have as many Greens in a congressional district as there are statewide, so with half as many signatures the ratios will be similar.