What was the process of Secession the states used to exit the Union?

Question

Which states used populer votes, Just how did a state legitamently seperate from the Union in the Pre-War years.

Answer 1

Popular Vote
South Carolina 20 Dec. 1860 169 100% 0 8 8
Mississippi 9 Jan. 1861 85 85% 15 7 7
Florida 10 Jan. 1861 62 90% 7 3 25
Alabama 11 Jan. 1861 61 61% 39 9 9
Georgia 19 Jan. 1861 208 70% 89 10 13
Louisiana 26 Jan. 1861 113 87% 17 6 9
Texas 1 Feb. 1861 166 95% 8 4 32

Convention
Virginia 17 Apr. 1861 Open Convention 15 13
Arkansas 6 May 1861 Open Convention 4 6
Tennessee 8 May 1861 Referendum passed 12 11
North Carolina 20 May 1861 Legislature passed 10 14
Missouri 31 Oct. 1861 Legislature passed 9 11
Kentucky 20 Nov. 1861 Referendum passed 12 8

Maryland Overrun by Yankees Fought for CSA 8 10
Delaware Overrun by Yankees Overrun by Yankees 3 3

West Virginia Yankee State Troops to both sides 0 5

N. Mexico Territory Fought for CSA 0 5

Arizona Seceded as a territory? Fought for CSA 0 8
Oklahoma Territory Fought for CSA 0 8

Unlike the unanimity of opinion evidenced in the Palmetto state (S. Car.), secession was more contested elsewhere. Specifically, delegates to the conventions tended to split into three factions: immediate secessionists, cooperationists, and unconditional unionists. The cooperationists were strongest in Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana, and they advocated collective action among the Southern states, perhaps on the model of the 1850 Nashville Convention, rather than each state seceding individually. Texas, seceded on Feb. 1, 1861 and it has never been undone. The mere act of killing their citizens, plundering their assets, depleting their defense forces and taking over their State government had no legal effect such as rescinding their secession from the United States.

God Bless You and The Southern People.

Answer 2

Right now, there is no viable way to acomplish this. There are several antiquated laws that would allow a state to begin this process, but very likely the state would be retained, by force if neccessary.